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| just |
fair, equitable, and honest. [1/12 definitions] |
| justice |
the upholding of what is fair, decent, and right. [1/5 definitions] |
| kermis |
in the Netherlands and Belgium, an outdoor fair or carnival. [1/2 definitions] |
| Lothario |
in the early eighteenth-century play The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe, a young rake. [1/2 definitions] |
| middling |
only moderately good; fair. [2/4 definitions] |
| midway |
an area or strip where food concessions, shows, and games are located as at a fair, circus, or carnival. [1/2 definitions] |
| overwork |
work in excess of fair or healthy amounts. [1/4 definitions] |
| Pan American Exposition |
a world's fair held in 1901 in Buffalo, New York, where the use of electricity was the highlight and at which U.S. President William McKinley was assassinated. |
| right |
in accordance with what is fair and morally good. [2/28 definitions] |
| several |
several things or people; a fair number. [1/4 definitions] |
| shine |
fair weather. [1/10 definitions] |
| sporting chance |
a fair or even chance for success in an endeavor or competition. |
| square deal |
(informal) a fair, honest arrangement or deal, esp. a commercial transaction. |
| square shooter |
(informal) one who is fair and honest in dealing with others. |
| strike |
in baseball, a failure, in any of several ways, to hit a pitched ball into the fair part of the playing field. [1/31 definitions] |
| studdingsail |
a light auxiliary sail that is set outside a working sail on an extensible boom, usu. in fair weather. |
| Texas leaguer |
in baseball, a fly ball that strikes the ground between the infield and the outfield and is designated a fair hit. |
| tolerable |
fair or adequate; not bad. [1/2 definitions] |
| unheard |
not given fair attention or a hearing. [1/2 definitions] |
| wrongful |
opposite what is right or fair; unjust. [1/2 definitions] |
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