| fusilier |
a soldier armed with a fusil. |
| fusillade |
a continuous or simultaneous discharge of many firearms. [3 definitions] |
| fusion |
the process or act of fusing. [4 definitions] |
| fusion bomb |
see hydrogen bomb. |
| fusionism |
the practice or theory of forming coalitions of political parties. |
| fuss |
excessive nervous activity or needless attention. [5 definitions] |
| fussbudget |
(informal) one who is excessively worried or tends to find fault over trivial details. |
| fussy |
tending to fuss. [3 definitions] |
| fustian |
a thick fabric of cotton, cotton and flax, or cotton and wool, with a short pile. [5 definitions] |
| fusty |
full of or smelling like mold or mildew. [2 definitions] |
| fut. |
abbreviation of "future." |
| futile |
unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless. [2 definitions] |
| futility |
the state or quality of being futile; uselessness. [2 definitions] |
| futtock |
one of the segments of the curved wooden ribs in the hull of a ship. |
| future |
time that is yet to come. [7 definitions] |
| futureless |
combined form of future. |
| future life |
life after death; afterlife. |
| future perfect |
a verb tense that indicates that an action or state will be completed at some time before a moment in the future, as in "By then he will have realized his error". [2 definitions] |
| future shock |
the physical or psychological distress caused by the inability to adjust to the many technological changes in modern society. |
| future tense |
a form of a verb that shows that something will happen or a condition will exist in the future. In the sentence "We will go to the zoo," "will go" is in the future tense. |
| futurism |
(sometimes cap.) a theory of art and life that predicts a society of increased mechanization, power, speed, and alienation. |