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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: frankfurt - fraudful</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="frankfurt"> frankfurt, noun. =frankfurter.</DL> <A NAME="frankfurter"> frankfurter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reddish smoked sausage made of beef and pork, or of beef alone; wiener. Frankfurters on buns are often called hot dogs. </DL> <A NAME="frankincense"> frankincense, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fragrant gum resin from certain Asiatic or African trees of the same family as myrrh. It gives off a sweet, spicy odor when burned. It has been much used from ancient times, especially for burning as incense in religious observances. </DL> <A NAME="frankincensed"> frankincensed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> perfumed with frankincense. </DL> <A NAME="frankish"> Frankish, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the Franks. <DD>noun the Germanic language of the Franks (def. 1). </DL> <A NAME="franklin"> franklin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in England: <DD> 1. a freeholder. <DD> 2. (in the 1300's and 1400's) a landowner of free but not noble birth, who ranked next below the gentry. </DL> <A NAME="franklinian"> Franklinian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with Benjamin Franklin. <DD> 2. following his views or example in politics. <DD>noun a follower of Franklin. </DL> <A NAME="franklinite"> franklinite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) an oxide of iron, manganese, and zinc, found in brilliant black crystals, used as a zinc ore and in the manufacture of spiegeleisen, a kind of pig iron. </DL> <A NAME="franklinsgrouse"> Franklin's grouse,<DL COMPACT><DD> a grouse found in the spruce regions of the northwestern U.S. </DL> <A NAME="franklinsgull"> Franklin's gull,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small white gull with gray mantle, black and white wing tips, and in the summer a black head; prairie pigeon. It is one of the few gulls not found along seacoasts, nesting in the prairies and marshy lakes of interior North America. </DL> <A NAME="franklinstove"> Franklin stove,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. a stove for heating a room, resembling an iron fireplace, devised by Benjamin Franklin. <DD> 2. any one of certain open stoves. </DL> <A NAME="franklintree"> Franklin tree,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small tree of the tea family that once grew wild in Georgia, now cultivated for its showy white flowers. </DL> <A NAME="frankpledge"> frankpledge, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Old English Law: <DD> 1. a system by which the members of a tithing (a group of ten inhabitants of a community) were made responsible for one another's conduct. <DD> 2. each of these mutually responsible members. <DD> 3. the tithing itself. </DL> <A NAME="frantic"> frantic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. very much excited; wild with rage, fear, pain, grief, etc.. Ex. frantic with anxiety. The trapped animal made frantic efforts to escape. For frantic boast and foolish word Thy mercy on thy people Lord (Rudyard Kipling). (SYN) mad, distracted. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) affected with mental disease; lunatic; insane. noun franticness. </DL> <A NAME="frantically"> frantically or franticly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a frantic manner; with wild excitement. Ex. The fox pulled frantically at the trap to escape. </DL> <A NAME="frap"> frap, transitive verb, frapped, frapping.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Nautical.) <DD> a. to bind (as a sail) securely. <DD> b. to draw taut the ropes of (as tackle). <DD> 2. (British Dialect.) to strike. </DL> <A NAME="frappe"> frappe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a flavored milk drink into which ice cream has been beaten. <DD> 2. =frappe. </DL> <A NAME="frappe"> frappe, adjective, noun, verb, -peed, -peing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD>adj. iced; cooled. <DD>noun 1. a fruit juice sweetened and partially frozen or shaken with finely cracked ice. <DD> 2. any frozen or iced food or drink. <DD>v.t. to ice; cool. Ex. The daiquiris were served frappeed. </DL> <A NAME="fras"> F.R.A.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. </DL> <A NAME="frascati"> Frascati, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sweet white wine made in Latium, central Italy. </DL> <A NAME="fraserfir"> Fraser fir,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small fir that grows in the mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee, having dense foliage and small cones with a rough surface, and often used as a Christmas tree; she-balsam. </DL> <A NAME="frasier"> frasier, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) cinquefoil. </DL> <A NAME="frass"> frass, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the refuse left behind by boring insects. <DD> 2. the excrement of larvae. </DL> <A NAME="frat"> frat, noun, verb, fratted, fratting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun (U.S. Slang.) a fraternity. <DD>v.i. (Slang.) to fraternize. Ex. ... a little fratting with a certain ... lady, with an obvious eye to the main chance (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="fratch"> fratch, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD>v.i. to disagree; quarrel. <DD>noun a disagreement; quarrel. noun fratcher. </DL> <A NAME="fratchy"> fratchy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) quarrelsome; that scolds. </DL> <A NAME="frater"> frater (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a brother or comrade. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) a friar. </DL> <A NAME="frater"> frater (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Historical.) the refectory, or room where meals were eaten, of a monastery. </DL> <A NAME="fraternal"> fraternal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with brothers or a brother; characteristic of brothers or a brother; brotherly. Ex. a fraternal likeness, a fraternal feeling of responsibility. <DD> 2. having to do with a group organized for mutual fellowship. Ex. a fraternal affiliation. <DD> 3. having to do with fraternal twins. adv. fraternally. </DL> <A NAME="fraternalism"> fraternalism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the state or character of being fraternal. <DD> 2. the principle or practice of association in fraternal organizations. </DL> <A NAME="fraternalorder"> fraternal order or society,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group organized for mutual aid and fellowship; fraternity. </DL> <A NAME="fraternaltwins"> fraternal twins,<DL COMPACT><DD> twins of the same or opposite sex coming from two separately fertilized egg cells rather than from one egg cell as identical twins do. </DL> <A NAME="fraternise"> fraternise, intransitive verb, transitive verb, -nised, -nising.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) fraternize. </DL> <A NAME="fraternity"> fraternity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a group of men or boys joined together for fellowship or for some other purpose. There are student fraternities in many American colleges. They often have a name of two or three Greek letters, secret rites, and affiliated chapters at other schools. See also sorority. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a group having the same interests, kind of work, or other common endeavor. Ex. the musical fraternity, the engineering fraternity. Homebuilding had been an entirely private undertaking of a real estate fraternity (Commentary). <DD> 3a. an ecclesiastical order. <DD> b. an organization of laymen in the Roman Catholic Church for pious or charitable purposes. <DD> 4. fraternal feeling; brotherhood. </DL> <A NAME="fraternityhouse"> fraternity house,<DL COMPACT><DD> a house occupied by a college or school fraternity. </DL> <A NAME="fraternization"> fraternization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of fraternizing. <DD> 2. the state or condition of fraternity; fraternal association. </DL> <A NAME="fraternize"> fraternize, verb, -nized, -nizing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to associate in a brotherly way; be friendly (with). <DD> 2. to associate in a friendly way with the citizens of a hostile nation during occupation of their territory. <DD>v.t. to bring into fraternal association or sympathy; unite as brothers. noun fraternizer. </DL> <A NAME="frathouse"> frat house,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a fraternity house. </DL> <A NAME="fratricidal"> fratricidal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with fratricide. <DD> 2. having to do with the killing of relatives or fellow citizens. Ex. A civil war is a fratricidal struggle. </DL> <A NAME="fratricide"> fratricide (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of killing one's own brother or sister. </DL> <A NAME="fratricide"> fratricide (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who kills his own brother or sister. </DL> <A NAME="frau"> frau, noun, pl. fraus.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) wife. </DL> <A NAME="frau"> Frau, noun, pl. Fraus, <DL COMPACT><DD> (German) Frauen. <DD> 1. Mrs. (Abbr:) Fr. <DD> 2. a wife. </DL> <A NAME="fraud"> fraud, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. dishonest dealing; cheating; trickery. Ex. to obtain a prize by fraud, to win an election by fraud. (SYN) deceit, dishonesty. <DD> b. (Law.) any deliberate misrepresentation of the truth or a fact used to take money, rights, or other privilege or property away from a person or persons. Ex. Any intent to deceive is proof of fraud. <DD> 2. a dishonest act or statement; something which is not what it seems to be; trick. Ex. The advertisement of a sale was a fraud to lure people into the store. (SYN) dodge, sham, fake. <DD> 3. (Informal.) a person who is not what he pretends to be. Ex. You old fraud! Pretending to be stingy and yet donating so generously! (SYN) cheat, impostor. </DL> <A NAME="fraudful"> fraudful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of fraud; deceitful; treacherous; fraudulent. adv. fraudfully. </DL> <A HREF="fraudule.dic">NEXT</A>