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<A NAME="fixedidea">
<B>fixed idea,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very persistent thought or idea, especially an obsession or delusion from which a person cannot escape. It is characteristic of certain forms of insanity. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedincome">
<B>fixed-income, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> earning at a fixed or nearly constant rate. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedliability">
<B>fixed liability,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an obligation which does not mature for at least a year. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedoil">
<B>fixed oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nonvolatile natural oil, such as lard oil or linseed oil, found in the cellular membranes of animals and in the seeds, capsules, or pulp surrounding the seeds in plants. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedpitchpropeller">
<B>fixed-pitch propeller,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a propeller in which the pitch, or blade angle, is not adjustable and not variable. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedpoint">
<B>fixed-point, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating a computation in a digital computer in which numbers are represented by a sequence of digits with a fixed location of the decimal point or the binary point. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedprice">
<B>fixed price,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a uniform price set for all buyers of a product. <DD><B> 2. </B>a price set by a manufacturer under a fair trade agreement. <DD><B> 3. </B>a price set under price control or through price fixing. adj. <B>fixedprice.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fixedstar">
<B>fixed star,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a star whose position in relation to other stars appears not to change. Fixed stars are so far from earth that many thousands of years must pass before man can see that they have moved. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedtrust">
<B>fixed trust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an investment trust in which members are allowed to make investments only in a small number of specified securities; unit trust. </DL>
<A NAME="fixedwingaircraft">
<B>fixed-wing aircraft,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an aircraft with wings attached to the fuselage, as distinguished from an aircraft with rotating wings, such as a helicopter or one with adjustable or movable wings. </DL>
<A NAME="fixer">
<B>fixer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who fixes something. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing which fixes or makes permanent; fixative. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a person who dishonestly arranges beforehand the result of a game, event, or other circumstance of chance. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=hypo</B> (1). </DL>
<A NAME="fixing">
<B>fixing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of a person or thing thatfixes. <DD><B> 2. </B>the process by which anything is fixed. <BR><I>expr. <B>fixings,</B> </I>(Informal.) trimmings or furnishings. <BR> <I>Ex. We had turkey and all the fixings for Thanksgiving dinner.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fixingbath">
<B>fixing bath,</B> <B>=hypo</B> (1).</DL>
<A NAME="fixit">
<B>fix-it, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) of or for fixing things; doing or involving small repairs. <BR> <I>Ex. a fix-it man, a fix-it job. The fourth will open a fix-it shop in a small town (Birmingham News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fixity">
<B>fixity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fixed condition or quality; permanence; steadiness; firmness. <BR> <I>Ex. The fixity of her gaze disturbed him. The translation of the Bible ... gave fixity to the tongue of the new religion (William Taylor).</I> (SYN) stability. <DD><B> 2. </B>something fixed. </DL>
<A NAME="fixt">
<B>fixt, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> fixed; a past tense and a past participle of <B>fix.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fixture">
<B>fixture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thing put in place to stay. <BR> <I>Ex. bathroom fixtures. A chandelier is a lighting fixture.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that stays in one place, job, or other situation. <BR> <I>Ex. He is a fixture in the office.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) anything, such as a furnace, sink, or water pipe, that is part of the more or less permanent equipment of a house or property. <DD><B> 4. </B>an event, such as a music festival, international games, tournament, special dramatic performance, or the like, held at regular intervals, as annually. <BR> <I>Ex. a mile-and-a-half grass fixture scheduled for Ascot Heath on July 16 (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a clamping device for holding a piece of work while it is being machined. <DD><B> 6. </B>the act or process of fixing. <DD><B> 7. </B>the condition of being fixed. </DL>
<A NAME="fixure">
<B>fixure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) fixed position or condition. </DL>
<B>fizgig, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a light, frivolous woman. <BR> <I>Ex. My husband ... prefers to me ... this fizgig called Fifine (Robert Browning).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, sputtering firework; squib. <DD><B> 3. </B>a spinning toy that whirs noisily. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=fish spear.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fizz">
<B>fizz, </B>verb, <B>fizzed,</B> <B>fizzing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a hissing sound. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to bubble; effervesce. <BR> <I>Ex. Grigson's "Poets and Poems" ... fizzed with critical insights (John Raymond).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hissing sound; bubbling. <BR> <I>Ex. the fizz of soda water.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a bubbling drink, such as champagne or soda water. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) ebullience; liveliness; effervescence. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of the fizz has gone from Shaw's conversational fireworks of 1909, but there are still brilliantly amusing passages (Punch).</I> noun <B>fizzer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fizzle">
<B>fizzle, </B>verb, <B>-zled,</B> <B>-zling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a hissing sound that dies out weakly. <BR> <I>Ex. The firecracker fizzled instead of exploding with a bang.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to droop; flag; lose vitality. <BR> <I>Ex. His poems start with an engaging bounce or a grave statement; then they fizzle (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) to make a fiasco of something, especially after a good start. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the action of fizzling or hissing. <BR> <I>Ex. The chicken and ham had a cheerful fizzle in the pan (Harriet Beecher Stowe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a failure. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole project was a fizzle.</I> (SYN) fiasco. <BR><I>expr. <B>fizzle out,</B> </I>(Informal.) to come to a poor end; fail. <BR> <I>Ex. The picnic fizzled out when it began to look like rain. The left-wing rebellion ... which had threatened a full-scale crisis, fizzled out today as the rebel group recanted unconditionally (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fizzy">
<B>fizzy, </B>adjective. <B>fizzier,</B> <B>fizziest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> that fizzes; fizzing. </DL>
<A NAME="fjeld">
<B>fjeld, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a high, rocky, almost barren plateau on the Scandinavian peninsula. </DL>
<B>FL</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Florida (with postal Zip Code). </DL>
<A NAME="fla">
<B>Fla.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Florida. </DL>
<A NAME="flab">
<B>flab, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>anything flabby, especially flesh; excessive weight. <BR> <I>Ex. His muscles, long gone to flab, knotted again with every pull (Esquire).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) an excess of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. to cut the flab out of a story, executive flab in the company administration. The law covering lobbying activity is more flab than muscle (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="flabbergast">
<B>flabbergast, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to make speechless with surprise; astonish greatly; amaze. <BR> <I>Ex. The aldermen ... were ... flabbergasted; they were speechless from bewilderment (Benjamin Disraeli).</I> (SYN) dumfound. </DL>
<B>flabellinerved, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a fanlike arrangement of nerves. </DL>
<A NAME="flabellum">
<B>flabellum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bella.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fan-shaped part. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fan, especially one used for some ecclesiastical purpose, as the large fans borne before the Pope in certain ceremonies. </DL>
<A NAME="flabrum">
<B>flabrum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bra.</B> <B>=flabellum </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="flaccid">
<B>flaccid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>hanging or lying loose or in wrinkles; flabby. <BR> <I>Ex. flaccid muscles. Flaccid threads of ivy, in the still And sultry air depending motionless (Wordsworth).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) limp or weak. <BR> <I>Ex. a flaccid will.</I> adv. <B>flaccidly.</B> noun <B>flaccidness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="flaccidity">
<B>flaccidity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> flaccid quality or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="flacherie">
<B>flacherie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a disease of silkworms. </DL>
<A NAME="flack">
<B>flack</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> a press agent. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to act as a press agent. <BR> <I>Ex. Maney no longer flacks ... , and therefore is not found to compose compliments (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="flack">
<B>flack</B> (2), noun. <B>=flak.</B></DL>
<A NAME="flackery">
<B>flackery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) press-agentry; publicity; promotion. <BR> <I>Ex. There were also slogans minted by a Manhattan advertising agency and mimeographed press releases that smacked of big-city flackery (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="flacon">
<B>flacon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small bottle with a stopper, used for perfume, smelling salts, etc.. <BR> <I>Ex. A flacon of Russia's finest perfume ... was waiting in her hotel room (Time).</I> </DL>
