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. |
fundamental particle |
an elementary particle. |
funding |
the act or process of collecting and supplying money needed for a particular purpose or group, or the money that is supplied. |
fund-raiser |
one who appeals for donations or contributions for a particular cause, such as aiding a charity or political campaign. [2 definitions] |
fund-raising |
the action or occupation of seeking donated funds for charitable groups, political candidates, and the like. |
fundus |
in anatomy, the base of an organ or the part of the organ farthest from its opening. |
funeral |
a ceremony for a dead person, sometimes including burial or cremation. [2 definitions] |
funeral director |
one who is in charge of a funeral home; undertaker; mortician. |
funeral home |
an establishment where the bodies of the dead are made ready for burial or cremation and where funeral services are sometimes held. |
funereal |
gloomy; solemn; mournful. [2 definitions] |
fungi |
a plural form of fungus. |
fungible |
of goods, being of a kind or quality that allows for free exchange with an equal part or quantity of similar goods. [3 definitions] |
fungicide |
a chemical agent or treatment used to kill fungi. |
fungo |
in baseball practice sessions, a ball tossed into the air by the batter to be hit to a fielder as it comes back down. |
fungoid |
characteristic of or similar to a fungus. [2 definitions] |
fungous |
of, resembling, or caused by a fungus. |