Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 31
Fixation (n.) The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
Fixation (n.) The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. -- Glanvill.
Fixation (n.) A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. -- Bacon.
Fixation (n.) An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely [syn: {arrested development}, {fixation}, {infantile fixation}, {regression}].
Fixation (n.) An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [syn: {obsession}, {fixation}].
Fixation (n.) The activity of fastening something firmly in position.
Fixation (n.) (Histology) The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: {fixation}, {fixing}].
Fixative (n.) 固定劑；定色劑 That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.
Fixative (n.) A compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study.
Fixative (n.) A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging.
Fixative (n.) A chemical substance used to preserve or stabilize biological material prior to microscopy or other examination.
‘An alcoholic fixative.’
[Mass noun] ‘Ten double drops of fixative.’
Fixative (n.) A substance used to stabilize the volatile components of perfume.
‘Sandalwood is regarded by many perfumers as a good fixative.’
Fixative (n.) A liquid sprayed on to a pastel or charcoal drawing to fix colours or prevent smudging.
‘He sprayed his design with fixative.’
Fixative (n.) A substance used to keep things in position or stick them together.
‘The swift glues these thin twigs to a wall using its own saliva as a fixative.’
Fixative (a.) (Of a substance) 固定的；定色的 Used to fix or stabilize something.
Fixed (a.) Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.
Fixed (a.) (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
Fixed air (Old Chem.), Carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), A non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
Fixed ammunition (Mil.), A projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading.
Fixed battery (Mil.), A battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery.
Fixed bodies, Those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4.
Fixed fact, A well established fact. [Colloq.]
Fixed light, One which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light.
Fixed oils (Chem.), Non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils.
Fixed pivot (Mil.), The fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.
Fixed stars (Astron.), Such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
Fixed (a.) (Of a number) Having a fixed and unchanging value.
Fixed (a.) Fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look" -- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, set, rigid].
Fixed (a.) Securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" [ant: unfixed].
Fixed (a.) Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes" [syn: fixed, frozen].
Fixedly (adv.) In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
Fixedly (adv.) In a fixed manner; "he stared at me fixedly".
Fixedness (n.) The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
Fixedness (n.) The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
Fixedness (n.) Remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness].
Fixedness (n.) The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness].
Fixedness (n.) The quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" [syn: fixedness, unalterability].
Fixidity (n.) Fixedness. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Fixing (n.) The act or process of making fixed.
Fixing (n.) That which is fixed; a fixture.
Fixing (n.) pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
Fixing (n.) The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation].
Fixing (n.) Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing].
Fixing (n.) The sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" [syn: neutering, fixing, altering].
Fixing (n.) (Histology) The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: fixation, fixing].
Fixity (n.) Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.
Fixity (n.) Coherence of parts. -- Sir I. Newton.
Fixity (n.) The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness].
Fixity (n.) The quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species" [syn: immutability, immutableness, fixity] [ant: mutability, mutableness].
Fixture (n.) That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.
Fixture (n.) State of being fixed; fixedness.
The firm fixture of thy foot. -- Shak.
Fixture (n.) (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. -- Wharton (Law Dict.). -- Bouvier.
Note: This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
Fixture (n.) An object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household).
Fixture (n.) A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [syn: regular, habitue, fixture].
Fixture (n.) The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness].
Fixture (n.) The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation].
Fixure (n.) Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Fizgig (n.) A fishgig. [Obs.] -- Sandys.
Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.
Fizgig (n.) A gadding, flirting girl. -- Gosson.
Fizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Fizz.
Fizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fizz.
Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a bubbling carbonated beverage.
Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
Fizz (n.) An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic).
Fizz (v.) Become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles].
Fizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Fizzle.
Fizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fizzle.
Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. -- B. Jonson.
Fizzle (v. i.) To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. [Colloq. or Low]
A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. -- Sharon R. King (N. Y. Times, May 6, 1998).
To fizzle out, To burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence: to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]
Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort ; a fiasco. [Colloq.]
Fizzle (n.) A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation].
Fizzle (n.) A complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop, bust, fizzle].
Fizzle (v.) End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle].
Fjord (n.) See Fiord.
Compare: Fiord
Fiord (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]
Fjord (n.) A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway [syn: fjord, fiord].
Flabbergast (v. t.) To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] -- Beaconsfield.
Flabbergast (v.) Overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn: flabbergast, boggle, bowl over].
Flabbergastation (n.) The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] -- London Punch.
Flabbily (adv.) In a flabby manner.
Flabbily (adv.) In a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily".
Flabbiness (n.) Quality or state of being flabby.
Flabbiness (n.) A flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity].
Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.
Flabby (a.) Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [syn: soft, flabby, flaccid].
Flabel (n.) A fan. [Obs.] -- Huloet.
Flabellate (a.) (Bot.) Flabelliform.
Flabellation (n.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. -- Dunglison.
Flabelliform (a.) Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.
Flabellinerved (a.) (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Flabellum (n.) (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. -- Shipley.
Flabile (a.) [L. flabilis.] Liable to be blown about. -- Bailey.
Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
Religious profession . . . has become flacced. -- I. Taylor. -- flac"cid*ly or, adv. -- flac"cid*ness, n.
Flaccid (a.) Drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; "a flaccid penis".
Flaccid (a.) Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [syn: soft, flabby, flaccid].
Flaccidity (n.) The state of being flaccid.
Flaccidity (n.) A flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity].
Flacker (v. i.) To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] -- Grose.
Flacket (n.) A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
Flagged (imp. & p. p.) of Flag.
Flagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flag.
Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. -- T. Moore.
Flag (v. i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
The pleasures of the town begin to flag. -- Swift.
Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
Flag (v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. -- prior.
Flag (v. t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
Nothing so flags the spirits. -- Echard.
Flag (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
Flag (n.) (Zool.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
Flag (n.) (Zool.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
Flag (n.) (Zool.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
Flag (n.) (Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.
Black flag. See under Black.
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.
Flag of truse, A white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile.
Flag share, The flag officer's share of prize money.
Flag station (Railroad), A station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved.
National flag, A flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
Red flag, A flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
To dip, the flag, To mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
To hang out the white flag, To ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.
To hang the flag half-mast high or To hang the flag half-staff or To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning.
To strike the flag or To lower the flag, To haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.
Yellow flag, The quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
Flag (v. t.) To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab.
Flag (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
Flag (v. t.) To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag. -- T. Roosevelt.
Flag (n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
Cooper's flag, The cat-tail ({Typha latifolia"> Cooper's flag, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight.
Corn flag. See under 2d Corn.
Flag broom, A coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes.
Flag root, The root of the sweet flag.
Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.
Flag (v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.
Flag (n.) A flat stone used for paving. -- Woodward.
Flag (n.) (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
Flag (v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.
The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. -- Sandys.
Flag (n.) Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
Flag (n.) A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. [syn: masthead, flag].
Flag (n.) Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily].
Flag (n.) A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device [syn: flag, signal flag].
Flag (n.) Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green [syn: pin, flag].
Flag (n.) Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones [syn: flag, flagstone].
Flag (n.) A conspicuously marked or shaped tail.
Flag (v.) Communicate or signal with a flag.
Flag (v.) Provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately".
Flag (v.) Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag].
Flag (v.) Decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday".
Flag (v.) Become less intense [syn: ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag].
Flag (n.) [Very common] A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. ?This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message.? ?The program status word contains several flag bits.? Used of humans analogously to bit . See also hidden flag, mode bit.
Flag, () A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message." "The program status word contains several flag bits." See also hidden flag, mode bit.
Flag, () Command line option. [{Jargon File] (1998-05-02)
Flag, () (Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine.
In Ex. 2:3, 5, Isa. 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew _suph_, a word which occurs frequently in connection with _yam_; as _yam suph_, to denote the "Red Sea" (q.v.) or the sea of weeds (as this word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some kind of sedge or reed which grows in marshy places. (See PAPER �T0002840, REED.)
FLAG, (n.) A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- "Rubbish may be shot here."
Flagellant (n.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.
Flagellata (v. t.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.
Flagellated (imp. & p. p.) of Flagellate.
Flagellating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flagellate.
Flagellate (v. t.) To whip; to scourge; to flog.
Flagellate (a.) Flagelliform.
Flagellate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.
Flagellation (n.) 鞭打；鞭毛形成 A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. -- Garth.
Flagellation (n.) Beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation.
Flagellation (n.) Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {flogging}, {lashing}, {flagellation}].
Flagellator (n.) 鞭打者 One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.
Flagelliform (a.) Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.
Flagellums (n. pl. ) of Flagellum.
Flagella (n. pl. ) of Flagellum.
Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
Flagellum (v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
Flagellum (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
Flageolet (n.) 六孔的豎笛；六孔的木簫；音栓之一種 A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.
{Flageolet tones} (Mus.), The naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.
Flageolet (n.) A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried [syn: {flageolet}, {haricot}].
Flageolet (n.) A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes [syn: {flageolet}, {treble recorder}, {shepherd's pipe}].
Flagginess (n.) The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.
Flagging (n.) A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.
Flaggy (a.) Weak; flexible; limber.
Flaggy (a.) Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple.
Flaggy (a.) Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.
Flagitate (v. t.) To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
Flagitation (n.) Importunity; urgent demand.
Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
Flagitious (a.) Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
Flagitious (a.) Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times.
Flagmen (n. pl. ) of Flagman.
Flagman (n.) One who makes signals with a flag.
Flagon (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.
Flagrance (n.) Flagrancy.
Flagrancies (n. pl. ) of Flagrancy.
Flagrancy (n.) A burning; great heat; inflammation.