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<A NAME="fulvoustreeduck">
<B>fulvous tree duck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tawny brown duck with a long neck and long legs, found in marshy areas of the southern United States south to Argentina and in parts of Africa and Asia. </DL>
<A NAME="fumagillin">
<B>fumagillin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibiotic derived from a fungus, used especially against amebic infections. </DL>
<A NAME="fumarase">
<B>fumarase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme found in many plants and animals, especially in the muscles and liver of higher animals. Fumarase causes the conversion of fumaric acid to malic acid in the Krebs cycle. </DL>
<A NAME="fumarate">
<B>fumarate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a salt or ester of fumaric acid. </DL>
<A NAME="fumaricacid">
<B>fumaric acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a whitish, dicarboxylic acid found in all cells and essential to their respiration. Fumaric acid is prepared industrially by the action of fungi on glucose. </DL>
<A NAME="fumarole">
<B>fumarole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hole or vent in the earth's crust in a volcanic region, from which steam and hot gases issue. </DL>
<A NAME="fumarolic">
<B>fumarolic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or formed by a fumarole. </DL>
<A NAME="fumatorium">
<B>fumatorium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toria.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy insects or fungi. </DL>
<A NAME="fumble">
<B>fumble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to feel or grope about clumsily; search awkwardly. <BR> <I>Ex. He fumbled in the darkness for the doorknob.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to handle something awkwardly. <BR> <I>Ex. He fumbled and dropped his teacup.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Sports.) to drop a ball unintentionally, especially in attempting to catch or hold onto it. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to handle (something) awkwardly or with nervous clumsiness. <BR> <I>Ex. He fumbled the latch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Sports.) to let (a ball) drop instead of catching and holding onto it. <BR> <I>Ex. The first baseman fumbled the ball, and two runs were scored. The halfback fumbled the ball, and the other team recovered it.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to speak uncertainly; miss (words). <BR> <I>Ex. The actor fumbled his lines.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an awkward attempt to find or handle something. <BR> <I>Ex. Unfortunately the fumble allowed the other team to make a goal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Sports.) a failure to catch and hold onto a ball. noun <B>fumbler.</B> adv. <B>fumblingly.</B> </DL>
<B>fume, </B>noun, verb, <B>fumed,</B> <B>fuming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>Often, <B>fumes.</B> a vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if harmful, strong, or odorous. <BR> <I>Ex. The strong fumes of the automobile exhaust nearly choked him. The designs of his bright imagination were never etched by the sharp fumes of necessity (Francis Thompson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an odorous exhalation, such as that from flowers. <DD><B> 3a. </B>odorous smoke, such as that of incense or tobacco. <BR> <I>Ex. Tobacco fumes filled the air in the room.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Archaic.) smoke. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) something comparable to smoke or vapor as being unsubstantial, transient, or imaginary. <BR> <I>Ex. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a fit of anger; irritable or angry mood. <BR> <I>Ex. in a fume.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to give off vapor, gas, or smoke. <BR> <I>Ex. The candle fumed, sputtered, and went out. Staggering off, he fumed with brandy.</I> (SYN) smoke. <DD><B> 2. </B>to pass off in fumes. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to show anger or irritation; let off one's rage in angry complaints. <BR> <I>Ex. He fumed about the slowness of the trains.</I> (SYN) chafe, fret. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to treat with smoke or fumes; fumigate. <BR> <I>Ex. to fume oak.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to send forth or emit as vapor. </DL>
<A NAME="fumedoak">
<B>fumed oak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> oak darkened and colored by exposure to ammonia fumes. </DL>
<A NAME="fumehood">
<B>fume hood,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a laboratory ventilating system composed of a shaft or flue connected to a canopy of metal or glass, designed to carry off fumes. </DL>
<A NAME="fumer">
<B>fumer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that fumes. </DL>
<A NAME="fumet">
<B>fumet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an extract of game meat used to flavor food. </DL>
<A NAME="fumette">
<B>fumette, </B>noun. <B>=fumet.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fumetto">
<B>fumetto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a cartoon balloon. <DD><B> 2. </B>a comic book with photographs using cartoon balloons. </DL>
<A NAME="fumigant">
<B>fumigant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance used in fumigating. <BR> <I>Ex. Fumigants have been successfully used in field tests and actual farming (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fumigate">
<B>fumigate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gated,</B> <B>-gating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to disinfect or purify with fumes; expose to fumes. <BR> <I>Ex. They fumigated the building to kill the cockroaches.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to scent with fumes; perfume. <BR> <I>Ex. The Cathedral had been thoroughly fumigated with frankincense (John L. Motley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fumigation">
<B>fumigation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of fumigating, as in disinfecting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the generation of odorous smoke or fumes, as in magic rites. <BR> <I>Ex. On these the sorcerer threw tobacco, producing a stifling fumigation (Francis Parkman).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the smoke or fumes generated in fumigating. <DD><B> 4. </B>a preparation used for fumigating. </DL>
<A NAME="fumigator">
<B>fumigator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that fumigates. <DD><B> 2. </B>an apparatus in which something is burned for the purpose of fumigating or perfuming rooms, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="fumigatory">
<B>fumigatory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a room or apparatus for fumigating. <DD><I>adj. </I> serving to fumigate. </DL>
<A NAME="fuming">
<B>fuming, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that fumes. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) a fuming mood.</I> adv. <B>fumingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="fumingnitricacid">
<B>fuming nitric acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a corrosive, liquid acid used in nitration and as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants. </DL>
<B>fumitory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a group of herbs of the fumitory family, especially a delicate, annual plant having finely dissected leaves and spikes of small flesh-colored flowers tipped with crimson. It is common in England, has been introduced into the southern and western United States, and was formerly used in medicine as a tonic, alterative, and diaphoretic. </DL>
<A NAME="fumitoryfamily">
<B>fumitory family,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of dicotyledonous erect or climbing herbs, closely allied to the poppy family. The family includes the corydalis, Dutchman's-breeches, and bleeding heart. </DL>
<A NAME="fumy">
<B>fumy, </B>adjective, <B>fumier,</B> <B>fumiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> full of fumes; fuming; fumelike. </DL>
<A NAME="fun">
<B>fun, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>funned,</B> <B>funning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> playfulness; merry play; amusement; joking. <BR> <I>Ex. The children had a lot of fun at the birthday party.</I> (SYN) sport, enjoyment, diversion, gaiety, drollery. <DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S. Informal.) giving fun; amusing; entertaining. <BR> <I>Ex. You said they were fun people (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Informal.) to make fun or sport; indulge in fun; fool; joke. <BR> <I>Ex. The fellow was just funning, anyhow, and so are we (Birmingham Post-Herald).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>for</B> (or <B>in</B>) <B>fun,</B> </I>playfully; as a joke. <BR> <I>Ex. Just for fun, let's put a necktie on the snowman.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>make fun of</B> or <B>poke fun at,</B> </I>to laugh at; ridicule. <BR> <I>Ex. He [Francois Villon] poked fun at lawyers, churchmen, and merchants, and laughed at the tricks, shady dealings, and bawdy jokes of sharpsters (Joel A. Hunt).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="funabout">
<B>funabout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small motor vehicles used to drive about for pleasure or sport. <BR> <I>Ex. Beach buggies those curious bathtub-shaped funabouts (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>funambulist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a performer on a tightrope. </DL>
<A NAME="funandgames">
<B>fun and games,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (often used ironically) playful or lighthearted activity, as at a party. <BR> <I>Ex. "There's been a lot of fun and games today," [the Assemblyman] declared during the Assembly debate, "but we still don't have a budget" (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="funcity">
<B>Fun City,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for New York City. </DL>
