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Fugato

in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue. A composition resembling a fugue.

Fugh

An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh.

Fugitive

One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

Fugitiveness

The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

Fugle

To maneuver; to move hither and thither.

Fugleman

A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing.

Fugue

A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.

Fuguist

A musician who composes or performs fugues.

Fulani

The language of the Fulani people, a member of the Niger-Congo family of languages.

Fulani Foolahs Fulahs

A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Muslims. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as, Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language.

Fulcrate

Propped; supported by accessory organs.

Fulfill

To fill up; to make full or complete.

Fulgency

Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence.

Fulgent

Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.

Fulgid

Shining; glittering; dazzling.

Fulgor

Dazzling brightness; splendor.

Fulgurata

A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed.

Fulgurating

Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.

Fulgurite

A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge.

Fuliginosity

The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke.

Full

To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Full-blown

Fully expanded, as a blossom; completely developed; as, a full-blown rose.

full-bosomed

having a pronounced womanly shape, with well-developed breasts.

Full-bottomed

Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.

Full-butt

With direct and violent opposition; with sudden collision.

full-dress

suitable for formal occasions; as, a full-dress uniform.

full-fashioned

knitted to fit the shape of the body; as, full-fashioned hosiery.

full-fledged

having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; -- of a bird.

Full-formed

Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.

Full-grown

Having reached the limits of growth; mature; fully developed; -- used mostly of living organisms; as, A full-grown lion can easily kill an unarmed man..

full-length

accommodating the full height of the human figure; as, a full-length mirror.

Full-orbed

Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.

full-page

occupying an entire page in a book or paper; as, a full-page ad.

Full-sailed

Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation.

full-scale

using all available resources; -- of actions; as, a full-scale effort to find the perpetrator.

full-size

Being of the same size as an original.

full-term

Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; as, a healthy full-term baby; -- of new-born infants. Opposite of premature.

full-time

spending or requiring all of the time normally given to an activity; as, full-time students; a full-time job. Opposite of part-time.

Fullage

The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.

Fullam

A false die. See Fulham.

fullback

To play the position of fullback on a football team; to be the fullback.

Fuller

To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.

Fullery

The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.

Fulling

The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.

Fullness

The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

Fully

In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition.

Fulmar

One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariid/, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).

Fulmarus

A genus of birds including many of the fulmars.

Fulmiaic

Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid.

Fulminate

A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. A fulminating powder.

fulminate of mercury

The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT.

Fulminating

Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.

Fulmination

The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.

Fulmine

To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.

Fulminuric

Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an acid so called.

Fulsome

Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.

Fulvous

Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown.

Fum

To play upon a fiddle.

Fumacious

Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

Fumaric

Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).

Fumarine

An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

Fumarole

A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.

Fumatorium

An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San Jos/ scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor.

Fumble

To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.

Fume

To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.

Fumet

A high-flavored substance, such as extract of game, for flavoring dishes of food; less properly, a ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.

Fumette Fumet

The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long.

Fumifugist

One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.

Fumify

To subject to the action of smoke.

Fumigate

To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.

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