<B>fubsy, </B>adjective, <B>-sier,</B> <B>-siest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) chubby; short and fat or thick. </DL>
<A NAME="fuchsia">
<B>fuchsia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various ornamental shrubs or trees with handsome, pink, white, red, or purple flowers that droop from the stems. Fuchsias belong to the evening-primrose family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a purplish red like that of the flower. <DD><B> 3. </B>a related perennial plant having large scarlet flowers; California fuchsia. <DD><I>adj. </I> purplish-red. </DL>
<A NAME="fuchsin">
<B>fuchsin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coal tar occurring as a greenish solid which forms deep-red or purplish-red solutions, formerly used as a dye; magenta. </DL>
<A NAME="fuchsine">
<B>fuchsine, </B>noun. <B>=fuchsin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fuci">
<B>fuci, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>fucus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fucoid">
<B>fucoid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having to do with seaweeds, especially the fuci. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling or related to seaweeds, especially the fuci. <DD><B> 3. </B>characterized by or containing impressions of or markings like seaweeds, as sandstone. <DD><I>noun </I> a seaweed of the fucus type. </DL>
<A NAME="fucose">
<B>fucose, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of crystalline sugar found in fucus (seaweed) and in human milk. </DL>
<A NAME="fucoxanthin">
<B>fucoxanthin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the brown carotenoid pigment characteristic of brown algae. </DL>
<A NAME="fucus">
<B>fucus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ci</B> or <B>-cuses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of olive-brown seaweeds having flat, leathery branching fronds and often having air bladders; rockweed. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a paint, dye, or coloring. </DL>
<A NAME="fud">
<B>fud, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a fuddy-duddy. </DL>
<A NAME="fuddle">
<B>fuddle, </B>verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make stupid with drink; intoxicate. <BR> <I>Ex. The inhabitants ... get fuddled with mint-julep and apple-toddy (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to confuse; muddle; stupefy. <BR> <I>Ex. He once fuddled a group of government mediators with a speech urging "a program for planned pragmatism" (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to have a drinking bout; tipple; booze. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=intoxication.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being muddled or confused. noun <B>fuddler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fuddy">
<B>fuddy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies,</B> adjective, <B>-dier,</B> <B>-diest,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) fuddy-duddy. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a fuddy old psychoanalyst (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fuddyduddy">
<B>fuddy-duddy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies,</B> adjective, <B>-dier,</B> <B>diest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a fussy or stuffy, usually elderly, person who has outmoded tastes and manners. <BR> <I>Ex. This extraordinary mid-Victorian fuddy-duddy ... (Punch).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> out-of-date; stuffy. <BR> <I>Ex. a fuddy-duddy old maid, fuddy-duddy architecture.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fudge">
<B>fudge</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft candy made of sugar, milk, chocolate, and butter. </DL>
<A NAME="fudge">
<B>fudge</B> (2), verb, <B>fudged,</B> <B>fudging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to put together in a clumsy, makeshift, or dishonest way; fake. <BR> <I>Ex. Not for a moment had [he] considered fudging his figures to keep the crowd-pleasing champion in the race (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be dishonest; cheat; fake. <DD><B> 2. </B>to evade the fulfillment of an obligation; welsh. <BR> <I>Ex. Pentagon policy makers vow there's no thought of fudging on their intentions (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a made-up story; lie. <DD><B> 2. </B>a patch or small insert by means of which late news or print of a different color can be added to a printing plate or type page for a newspaper without remaking the whole. <DD><B> 3. </B>the material added. <DD><B> 4. </B>a machine or part of a press for printing such material. noun <B>fudger.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fudge">
<B>fudge</B> (3), noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> nonsense; stuff; bosh. <BR> <I>Ex. There comes Poe with his raven like Barnaby Rudge, Three fifths of him genius, and two fifths sheer fudge (James Russell Lowell).</I> <DD><I>interj. </I> nonsense! bosh! <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Burchell, who ... at the conclusion of every sentence would cry out Fudge! (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fuegian">
<B>Fuegian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Tierra del Fuego or its natives. <DD><I>noun </I> an Indian of Tierra del Fuego. </DL>
<A NAME="fuehrer">
<B>Fuehrer, </B>noun. <B>=Fuhrer.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fuel">
<B>fuel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-eled,</B> <B>-eling</B> or (especially British) <B>-elled,</B> <B>-elling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>anything that can be burned to make useful heat or power. Coal, wood, and oil are fuels. (SYN) combustible. <DD><B> b. </B>a substance oxidized in a rocket engine to produce heat and a rapid expansion of gases. <DD><B> c. </B>atomic matter producing heat by fission or fusion, as in a nuclear reactor. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) something that keeps up or increases a feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. His insults were fuel to her hatred of him. Each party is always laying up fuel for dissension (Sir Richard Steele).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to supply with fuel. <BR> <I>Ex. The Atomic Energy Commission asked architect-engineering firms to propose design studies for a heavy water-moderated nuclear reactor fueled by natural uranium (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to act as a driving force for; support. <BR> <I>Ex. Fueling the pool-building boom are a number of things (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to get fuel. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship will have to fuel at the nearest port.</I> noun <B>fueler,</B> <B>fueller.</B> adj. <B>fuelless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fuelcell">
<B>fuel cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device which produces electricity directly from a chemical reaction between oxygen and a gaseous fuel such as hydrogen or carbon monoxide. </DL>
<A NAME="fuelelement">
<B>fuel element,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the radioactive material and mechanical devices of the core in a complete unit ready to be incorporated in a nuclear reactor. </DL>
<A NAME="fuelinjection">
<B>fuel injection,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the pumping of vaporized fuel under pressure into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine, either to increase the force of combustion, or to achieve a more economical rate of fuel consumption. Fuel injection is widely used in rockets and aircraft and has replaced the carburetor in certain automobiles. <BR> <I>Ex. Fuel injection is becoming more popular with manufacturers as better designs make the system more dependable (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fuelish">
<B>fuelish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> using excessive fuel. <BR> <I>Ex. A word to the fuelish: Beginning Labor Day weekend, Canadians will again be bombarded by an advertising campaign urging energy conservation (Maclean's).</I> adv. <B>fuelishly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fueloil">
<B>fuel oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an oil used for fuel, especially one used as a substitute for coal, made from crude petroleum. </DL>
<A NAME="fuelpump">
<B>fuel pump,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pump in an engine that forces the liquid fuel from the tank to the carburetor or combustion chamber. </DL>
<A NAME="fuelrod">
<B>fuel rod,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a long rod of nuclear fuel used in a nuclear reactor. </DL>
<A NAME="fuelslug">
<B>fuel slug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lump or short rod of nuclear fuel used in a nuclear reactor. </DL>
<B>fug </B>noun, verb, <B>fugged,</B> <B>fugging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>stuffiness and discomfort. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the fug and cramp of being locked with two other men for thirteen hours a day ... in a cell 13 ft. long by 7 ft. wide (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>warmth and comfort. <BR> <I>Ex. Because of the lowness of ceilings it was possible to maintain a good cosy fug with a minimum of fuel (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>warmth of feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. No warm gush of parental fug follows her pronouncements (Punch).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to render close or stuffy; fill with smoke or steam. <BR> <I>Ex. The rich lady coughed at the smoke from the cigarettes the men had lit, which was mingling with the steam from the kettle to fug up the room (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fugacious">
<B>fugacious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>passing quickly; tending to flee; fleeting; transitory. <BR> <I>Ex. the fugacious nature of life and time (Harriet Martineau).</I> (SYN) transient, fugitive, evanescent. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) falling or fading early. <BR> <I>Ex. If the calyx falls very early, it is called fugacious (Heber W. Youngken).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=volatile.</B> adv. <B>fugaciously.</B> noun <B>fugaciousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fugacity">
<B>fugacity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality of being fugacious; instability; transitoriness. <BR> <I>Ex. the fugacity of pleasure, the fragility of beauty (Samuel Johnson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a material substance) volatility. </DL>
<A NAME="fugal">
<B>fugal</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><B> 1. </B>in the style of a fugue. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a fugue. adv. <B>fugally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fugal">
<B>fugal</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) any centrifugal machine. </DL>
<A NAME="fugato">
<B>fugato, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) a piece or part of a piece composed in fugue style but not in strict fugue form. </DL>
<A NAME="fuggy">
<B>fuggy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(of the air in a room) close, stuffy, and smelly, from lack of ventilation. <BR> <I>Ex. Truth to tell, they enjoy the fuggy, slightly choked atmosphere, pungent with cigar smoke (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of persons) accustomed to living in such an atmosphere. <BR> <I>Ex. The artists are rather a fuggy lot indoors (Siberrad).</I> adv. <B>fuggily.</B> noun <B>fugginess.</B> </DL>
