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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>FUTURESH</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="futureshock"> future shock,<DL COMPACT><DD> a state of stress and disorientation brought on by too quick a succession of changes in society. Ex. What brings on future shock ... is a rate of social change that has become so fast as to be impossible for most human beings to assimilate (Time). </DL> <A NAME="futuretense"> future tense,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the tense that expresses action taking place in the future, constructed in English with shall or will. <DD> 2. a verb form or phrase in this tense. </DL> <A NAME="futurian"> futurian, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an individual of the future; person belonging to posterity. </DL> <A NAME="futurism"> futurism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a movement in art that originated and flourished in Italy in the early 1900's, characterized by attempts to express the sensation of movement and growth in objects and not the objects' appearance at some particular moment. The themes and forms are an attempt to attune the fine arts to an age of violence, machines, and speed. <DD> 2. a similar tendency in literature and music. </DL> <A NAME="futurist"> futurist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person who favors futurism. <DD> 2. =futurologist. <DD>adj. 1. following the principles of futurism. <DD> 2. like futurism. </DL> <A NAME="futuristic"> futuristic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or like futurism. Ex. The whole picture is a swirl of swift, circular movement, and there is something almost futuristic in the violent stylizations (New Yorker). <DD> 2. of or for the future; not traditional; advanced; radical in design. adv. futuristically. </DL> <A NAME="futurity"> futurity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the future. Ex. These events were still in the womb of futurity (Scott). <DD> 2. a future state or event. <DD> 3. the quality or fact of being future. <DD> 4. =futurity race. </DL> <A NAME="futurityrace"> futurity race,<DL COMPACT><DD> a race to be run long after the entries have been made, especially a race for two-year-old horses nominated as starters before their birth. </DL> <A NAME="futuritystakes"> futurity stakes,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the stakes run for in a futurity race. <DD> 2. =futurity race. </DL> <A NAME="futurological"> futurological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with futurology. </DL> <A NAME="futurologist"> futurologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies or makes forecasts about the future developments in science and technology and their effect upon society. </DL> <A NAME="futurology"> futurology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or practice of making forecasts about future developments in science and technology and their effect upon society. </DL> <A NAME="futz"> futz, intransitive verb. Usually, futz around.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) to putter around; waste time; dawdle. </DL> <A NAME="fuze"> fuze, noun, verb, fuzed, fuzing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a slow-burning wick or other device used to set off a shell, bomb, or blast of gunpowder. Also, fuse. <DD> 2. =fuse (1) (def. 1). <DD>v.i., v.t. to furnish with a fuze. </DL> <A NAME="fuzee"> fuzee, noun. =fusee.</DL> <A NAME="fuzz"> fuzz, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. loose, light fibers or hair; fine down. Ex. Caterpillars and peaches are covered with fuzz. <DD> 2. a mass of such matter. <DD> 3a. (Slang.) a policeman or detective. Ex. ... he learned to call a cop a "fuzz," a lawyer a "patch" (Robert Lewis Taylor). <DD> b. the police. Ex. The militant young ... now expect the worst from the fuzz (Manchester Guardian Weekly). <DD>v.t. to make fuzzy; cover with fine fibers or particles. <DD>v.i. 1. to become fuzzy. <DD> 2. to fly out in fuzz. </DL> <A NAME="fuzzball"> fuzzball, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =puffball. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) a derogatory term for a police officer. Ex. "Ten years ago, police were pigs," said Moell, who works at criminal hearings. "Now they are fuzzballs ..." (Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette). </DL> <A NAME="fuzzbox"> fuzzbox, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an attachment on an electric guitar that gives a fuzzy quality to the sound. </DL> <A NAME="fuzzbuster"> fuzzbuster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an electronic device to detect a police radar unit monitoring the speed of vehicles on a street or highway. </DL> <A NAME="fuzzify"> fuzzify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to muddle or confuse. noun fuzzification. </DL> <A NAME="fuzzily"> fuzzily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a fuzzy manner; so as to appear curled or frizzed. </DL> <A NAME="fuzziness"> fuzziness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being fuzzy. </DL> <A NAME="fuzzy"> fuzzy, adjective, fuzzier, fuzziest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of fuzz. Ex. the fuzzy down of a chick. <DD> 2. like fuzz. Ex. fuzzy chin whiskers. <DD> 3. covered with fuzz. Ex. a fuzzy little chick. <DD> 4. blurred; indistinct. Ex. This photograph is too fuzzy for me to identify the people in it. The legal situation is deliberately fuzzy (Time). </DL> <A NAME="fuzzylogic"> fuzzy logic,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of logic which tries to take into account ill-defined or vague terms such as "very," "somewhat," and "mostly". Ex. Fuzzy logic ... avoids the abrupt changes that might result from the either-or, all-or-nothing judgments inherent in classical logic (Kevin McKean and Tom Dworetzky). </DL> <A NAME="fuzzyset"> fuzzy set,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a set whose elements converge or overlap with those of other sets. Ex. a class or classes (that is, fuzzy sets) that do not possess sharply defined boundaries (Science). </DL> <A NAME="fuzzywuzzy"> Fuzzy-Wuzzy, noun, pl. Fuzzy-Wuzzies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a Sudanese soldier, especially a warrior opposing the Anglo-Egyptian forces in the 1800's. </DL> <A NAME="fv"> f.v.,<DL COMPACT><DD> on the back of the page (Latin, folio verso). </DL> <A NAME="fwd"> fwd.,<DL COMPACT><DD> forward. </DL> <A NAME="fwpca"> FWPCA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. </DL> <A NAME="fy"> -fy,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming verbs chiefly from adjectives.) <DD> 1. make ______ cause to be ______. Ex. Simplify = to make simple. <DD> 2. become ______ Solidify = to become solid. <DD> 3. other meanings, as in modify, qualify. </DL> <A NAME="fy"> FY (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> fiscal year. </DL> <A NAME="fyi"> FYI (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> for your information. </DL> <A NAME="fyke"> fyke, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bag-shaped net used for catching fish, especially shad. </DL> <A NAME="fylfot"> fylfot, n. =swastika.</DL> <A NAME="fyrd"> fyrd, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the military forces of England before the Norman Conquest. </DL> <A NAME="fzs"> F.Z.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Fellow of the Zoological Society (London). </DL> <A HREF="g.dic">NEXT</A>