<B>fruiting body,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any part of a plant that produces spores; spore fruit; fruit body. </DL>
<A NAME="fruition">
<B>fruition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of having results; fulfillment; attainment. <BR> <I>Ex. After years of hard work, his plans came to fruition.</I> (SYN) realization. <DD><B> 2. </B>the pleasure that comes from possession or use; enjoyment. <BR> <I>Ex. An object of desire placed out of the possibility of fruition (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition of producing fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitjar">
<B>fruit jar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large-mouthed jar, usually of glass, which can be sealed airtight to preserve fruit and other canned produce. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitless">
<B>fruitless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having no results; useless; unsuccessful. <BR> <I>Ex. Our search was fruitless; we could not find the lost book.</I> (SYN) abortive, futile, vain, ineffectual, unprofitable, empty, idle. <DD><B> 2. </B>producing no fruit; barren. <BR> <I>Ex. a fruitless orchard.</I> (SYN) sterile. adv. <B>fruitlessly.</B> noun <B>fruitlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fruitlet">
<B>fruitlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitloop">
<B>fruit loop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an unconventional or eccentric person. <DD><B> 2. </B>unconventional; eccentric. <BR> <I>Ex. This is no fruit loop, artsy-craftsy refuge for students looking for a degree in pottery making (Christian Science Monitor).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fruitmachine">
<B>fruit machine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a coin-operated gambling device in which balls of different colors are used; slot machine. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitpigeon">
<B>fruit pigeon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small, fruit-eating, brightly colored pigeons of southern Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific islands. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitranch">
<B>fruit ranch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ranch or farm where fruit is raised. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitsalad">
<B>fruit salad,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fruits, usually uncooked, cut up and mixed in a bowl with sugar, cream, etc. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Slang.) an array of ribbons and decorations worn on a uniform. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitstand">
<B>fruit stand,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small store or stand where fruit is sold. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitsugar">
<B>fruit sugar,</B> =fructose.</DL>
<A NAME="fruittree">
<B>fruit tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tree whose fruit is good to eat. </DL>
<A NAME="fruitwood">
<B>fruitwood, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the wood of a fruit tree, used in furniture and veneers. <BR> <I>Ex. Cherry is the finest and most popular of fruitwoods.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of fruitwood. <BR> <I>Ex. a fruitwood side chair.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the color and pattern of fruitwood. <BR> <I>Ex. a fruitwood finish.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fruity">
<B>fruity, </B>adjective, <B>fruitier,</B> <B>fruitiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>tasting or smelling like fruit. <BR> <I>Ex. the rich fruity odor of jam.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of wine) having the taste of the grape. <BR> <I>Ex. The Madeira ... is a trifle too fruity for my taste (F. H. Smith).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) full of rich or strong quality; highly interesting, attractive, or suggestive. <BR> <I>Ex. His description was fruity but embarrassing.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) excessively or cloyingly sentimental. adv. <B>fruitily.</B> noun <B>fruitiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="frumentaceous">
<B>frumentaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made of wheat or other cereals. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling wheat or other cereals. </DL>
<A NAME="frumenty">
<B>frumenty, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> hulled wheat boiled in milk and flavored with sugar, cinnamon, and other spices. <BR> <I>Ex. And we are going to have real frumenty and yule cakes (Juliana H. Ewing).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>fromenty,</B> <B>furmenty,</B> <B>furmety.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="frump">
<B>frump, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman who is shabby and out of style in dress. <BR><I>expr. <B>frumps,</B> </I>(Dialect.) sulks; ill humor. <BR> <I>Ex. Why should you be in your frumps, Pug, when I design only to oblige you? (John Dryden).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="frumpish">
<B>frumpish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>shabby and out of style in dress; dowdy. <BR> <I>Ex. Most of the women lookedlike frumpish dairymaids, their faces unsullied by make-up (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>ill-natured; cross. adv. <B>frumpishly.</B> noun <B>frumpishness.</B> </DL>
<B>frustrate, </B>verb, <B>-trated,</B> <B>-trating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring to nothing; make useless or worthless; foil; defeat. <BR> <I>Ex. Heavy rain frustrated our plans for a picnic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to thwart; oppose; prevent from accomplishing. <BR> <I>Ex. The struggling artist was often frustrated in his ambition to paint.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>defeated; disappointed; balked. <BR> <I>Ex. frustrate hopes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>futile; vain. <BR> <I>Ex. frustrate attempts.</I> (SYN) ineffectual, fruitless, unavailing, useless. noun <B>frustrater.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="frustrated">
<B>frustrated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a feeling of frustration; disappointed; discouraged. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the miseries of frustrated teen-agers (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> adv. <B>frustratedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="frustrating">
<B>frustrating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> causing frustration; discouraging; dispiriting. <BR> <I>Ex. frustrating experiences. The roads from New Jersey to New York were ... perilous--and frustrating (New York Times).</I> adv. <B>frustratingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="frustration">
<B>frustration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of frustrating or condition of being frustrated. <BR> <I>Ex. One of the many aspects of growing up is the increasing ability to deal with frustration, to tolerate disappointment, and to draw from a thwarting experience some positive result (Sidonie M. Gruenberg).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="frustrative">
<B>frustrative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to frustrate, balk, or defeat; disappointing. </DL>
<A NAME="frustule">
<B>frustule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the siliceous, bivalve shell of a diatom. <BR> <I>Ex. The frustule is really a box, composed of an upper and lower lid, each fitted with a girdle band around the edge (N. Ingram Hendey).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="frustum">
<B>frustum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tums,</B> <B>-ta.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a cone-shaped solid left after the top has been cut off by a plane parallel to the base. <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of a solid between two parallel cutting planes. </DL>
<A NAME="frutescence">
<B>frutescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a frutescent condition; shrubbiness. </DL>
<A NAME="frutescent">
<B>frutescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the appearance or habit of a shrub; shrubby, or becoming shrubby. </DL>
<A NAME="fruticose">
<B>fruticose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of a shrub; shrubby. <BR> <I>Ex. Fruticose lichens look like moss or tiny shrubs (Rolla M. Tryon).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fry">
<B>fry</B> (1), verb, <B>fried,</B> <B>frying,</B> noun, pl. <B>fries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to cook in hot fat or oil in a deep or shallow pan, often over a flame. <BR> <I>Ex. She is frying potatoes.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be cooked in hot fat or oil, especially in a pan over a flame. <BR> <I>Ex. These fish are small and will soon fry.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to burn with strong feeling or emotion. <BR> <I>Ex. I let him fry in his own fat.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) (of water) to be agitated; boil; seethe; foam. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a dish of something fried. <BR> <I>Ex. Cook promises a little fry for supper (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an outdoor social gathering at which food is fried and eaten. <BR> <I>Ex. a fish fry.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Often, <B>fries.</B> <DD> (Dialect.) any one of various internal parts of animals, usually eaten fried. </DL>
<A NAME="fry">
<B>fry</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>fry.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>young fishes. <BR> <I>Ex. salmon fry.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the young of other creatures produced in very large numbers, such as oysters or shellfish. <DD><B> 2. </B>small adult fish living together in large groups or schools. <DD><B> 3. </B>young or insignificant persons. <BR> <I>Ex. ... all the fry who feed on the little weaknesses of humanity (C. Fleet). "You are saying that although he is one of the lesser fry, he started the whole thing?" (London Times).</I> <DD> See <B>small fry.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fryer">
<B>fryer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a chicken intended for frying. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that fries. <DD><B> 3. </B>a pan used for frying. Also, <B>frier.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fryingpan">
<B>frying pan,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food. <BR><I>expr. <B>out of the frying pan into the fire,</B> </I>from one danger or difficulty into a worse one. <BR> <I>Ex. If they thought they could get away from the State by disestablishment, they would find that they were jumping out of the frying pan into the fire (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="frypan">
<B>frypan, </B>noun. =frying pan.</DL>
<A NAME="fryup">
<B>fry-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a fried dish, especially one quickly prepared in a frying pan. </DL>
<A NAME="fs">
<B>f.s.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> foot-second. </DL>
<A NAME="fsa">
<B>FSA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Farm Security Administration. </DL>
<A NAME="fsa">
<B>F.S.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. <DD><B> 2. </B>Fellow of the Society of Arts. </DL>
<B>FSH</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> follicle-stimulating hormone. </DL>
<A NAME="fslic">
<B>FSLIC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (a public corporation of the United States government). </DL>
<A NAME="fstop">
<B>f-stop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the aperture to which a camera is adjusted. </DL>
