| fumet |
a rich broth made by boiling the bones of fish or chicken with wine and herbs. |
| fumigant |
any chemical used to fumigate, as in order to disinfect or to kill pests. |
| fumigate |
to expose to smoke or chemical fumes, esp. for the purpose of disinfecting or exterminating pests. |
| fumy |
filled with, giving off, or resembling fumes. |
| fun |
something that gives amusement, pleasure, or enjoyment. [2 definitions] |
| Funafuti |
the capital of Tuvalu. |
| funambulist |
a person who performs or walks on a tightrope. |
| function |
the purpose or role that an object or person fulfills or is suited for, or a typical action or activity carried out in fulfillment of a role. [5 definitions] |
| functional |
of or relating to a function or functions. [3 definitions] |
| functional illiterate |
a person who does not read well enough to function properly in a given situation or job. |
| functionalism |
the idea that the function of an object should determine its structure or design. [3 definitions] |
| functionality |
capability, esp. the specific operations that a software program, computer, or other electronic device is able to carry out. |
| functional shift |
a temporary or permanent change in the grammatical function of a word, such as the use of the noun "fax" as a verb in "We'll fax it to you". |
| functionary |
a person having specific duties in an organization; official; bureaucrat. |
| functionless |
combined form of function. |
| function word |
a word such as an article, conjunction, or preposition that indicates grammatical structure or relationships but has little or no independent meaning. |
| fund |
a supply of money or other resources that is collected and held for a particular purpose. [5 definitions] |
| fundament |
the geographic features of a region, such as elevation, climate, soils, and the like. [2 definitions] |
| fundamental |
serving as a foundation; basic; central. [4 definitions] |
| fundamentalism |
(sometimes cap.) a movement within Protestant Christianity that accepts the literal truth of the Bible and encourages strict adherence to narrow moral and cultural norms. |
| fundamentally |
in central or important ways. |