Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 54
-form (n.) A suffix used to denote in the form or shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
The form of his visage was changed. -- Dan. iii. 19.
And woven close close, both matter, form, and style. -- Milton.
Form (n.) Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.
Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. -- Dryden.
Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.
Though well we may not pass upon his life Without the form of justice. -- Shak.
Form (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
The earth was without form and void. -- Gen. i. 2.
He hath no form nor comeliness. -- Is. liii. 2.
Form (n.) A shape; an image; a phantom.
Form (n.) That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
Form (n.) A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. "Ladies of a high form." -- Bp. Burnet.
Form (n.) The seat or bed of a hare.
As in a form sitteth a weary hare. -- Chaucer.
Form (n.) (Print.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
Form (n.) (Fine Arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
Form (n.) (Gram.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
Form (n.) (Crystallog.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
Form (n.) (Metaph.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
Form (n.) (Biol.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
Good form or Bad form, The general appearance, condition or action, originally of horses, afterwards of persons; as, the members of a boat crew are said to be in good form when they pull together uniformly. The phrases are further used colloquially in description of conduct or manners in society; as, it is not good form to smoke in the presence of a lady.
Formed (imp. & p. p.) of Form.
Forming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Form.
Form (v. t.) To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.
God formed man of the dust of the ground. -- Gen. ii. 7.
The thought that labors in my forming brain. -- Rowe.
Form (v. t.) To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train.
'T is education forms the common mind. -- Pope.
Thus formed for speed, he challenges the wind. -- Dryden.
Form (v. t.) To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
The diplomatic politicians . . . who formed by far the majority. -- Burke.
Form (v. t.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
The melancholy hare is formed in brakes and briers. -- Drayton.
Form (v. t.) (Gram.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.
Form (v. t.) (Elec.) To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
Form (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.
Form (v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare. -- B. Jonson.
To form on (Mil.), To form a lengthened line with reference to (any given object) as a basis.
Form (n.) The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" [syn: form, word form, signifier, descriptor].
Form (n.) A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: kind, sort, form, variety].
Form (n.) A perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" [syn: form, shape, pattern].
Form (n.) Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation].
Form (n.) Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh].
Form (n.) The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" [syn: shape, form].
Form (n.) The visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast].
Form (n.) A printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form."
Form (n.) (Biology) A group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" [syn: form, variant, strain, var.].
Form (n.) An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form."
Form (n.) A particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility."
Form (n.) (Physical chemistry) A distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" [syn: phase, form].
Form (n.) A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course].
Form (n.) An ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night."
Form (n.) A life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form].
Form (n.) A mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation."
Form (v.) Create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" [syn: form, organize, organise].
Form (v.) To compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: form, constitute, make].
Form (v.) Develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: form, take form, take shape, spring].
Form (v.) Give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" [syn: shape, form].
Form (v.) Make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" [syn: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge].
Form (v.) Establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children" [syn: imprint, form].
Form (v.) Assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads."
FORM, () A system written by Jos Vermaseren in 1989 for fast handling of very large-scale symbolic mathematics problems. FORM is a descendant of Schoonschip and is available for many personal computers and workstations. Mailing list: . (1995-04-12)
FORM, () practice. The model of an instrument or legal-proceeding, containing the substance and the principal terms, to be used in accordance with the laws; or, it is the act of pursuing, in legal proceedings, and in the construction of legal instruments, the order required by law. Form is usually put in contradistinction to substance. For example, by the operation of the statute of 27 Eliz. c. 5, s. 1, all merely formal defects in pleading, except in dilatory pleas, are aided on general demurrer.
FORM, () The difference between matter of form, and matter of substance, in general, under this statute, as laid down by Lord Hobart, is, that "that without which the right doth sufficiently appear to the court, is form;" but that any defect "by reason whereof the right appears not," is a defect in substance. Hob. 233.
FORM, () A distinction somewhat more definite, is, that if the matter pleaded be in itself insufficient, without reference to the manner of pleading it, the defect is substantial; but that if the fault is in the manner of alleging it, the defect is formal. Dougl. 683. For example, the omission of a consideration in a declaration in assumpsit; or of the performance of a condition precedent, when such condition exists; of a conversion of property of the plaintiff, in trover; of knowledge in the defendant, in an action for mischief done by his dog of malice, in action for malicious prosecution, and the like, are all defects in substance. On the other hand, duplicity; a negative pregnant; argumentative pleading; a special plea, amounting to the
general issue; omission of a day, when time is immaterial; of a place, in transitory actions, and the like, are only faults in form. Bac. Ab. Pleas, &c. N 5, 6; Com. Dig. Pleader, Q 7; 10 Co. 95 a; 2 Str. 694 Gould; Pl. c. 9, Sec. 17, 18; 1 Bl. Com. 142.
FORM, () At the same time that fastidious objections against trifling errors of form, arising from mere clerical mistakes, are not encouraged or sanctioned by the courts, it has been justly observed, that "infinite mischief has been produced by the facility of the courts in overlooking matters of form; it encourages carelessness, and places ignorance too much upon a footing with knowledge amongst those who practice the drawing of pleadings." 1 B. & P. 59; 2 Binn. Rep. 434. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Formal (n.) (Chem.) See Methylal.
Formal (a.) Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
Formal (a.) Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
Of [the sounds represented by] letters, the material part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted by the motion and figure of the organs of speech. -- Holder.
Formal (a.) Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal ostentation. -- Shak.
Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
A cold-looking, formal garden, cut into angles and rhomboids. -- W. Irwing.
She took off the formal cap that confined her hair. -- Hawthorne.
Formal (a.) Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
Formal (a.) Dependent in form; conventional.
Still in constraint your suffering sex remains, Or bound in formal or in real chains. -- Pope.
Formal (a.) Sound; normal. [Obs.]
To make of him a formal man again. -- Shak.
Formal cause. See under Cause.
Syn: Precise; punctilious; stiff; starched; affected; ritual; ceremonial; external; outward.
Usage: Formal, Ceremonious. When applied to things, these words usually denote a mere accordance with the rules of form or ceremony; as, to make a formal call; to take a ceremonious leave. When applied to a person or his manners, they are used in a bad sense; a person being called formal who shapes himself too much by some pattern or set form, and ceremonious when he lays too much stress on the conventional laws of social intercourse. Formal manners render a man stiff or ridiculous; a ceremonious carriage puts a stop to the ease and freedom of social intercourse.
Compare: Punctilious
Punctilious (a.) 精密細心的；一絲不苟的；拘謹的 Showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.
‘He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.’
Compare: Methylal
Methylal (n.) (Chem.) A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.
Formal (a.) Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" [ant: informal].
Formal (a.) Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet".
Formal (a.) (Of spoken and written language) Adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English" [ant: informal].
Formal (a.) Represented in simplified or symbolic form [syn: conventional, formal, schematic].
Formal (a.) Logically deductive; "formal proof."
Formal (a.) Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately].
Formal (n.) A lavish dance requiring formal attire [syn: ball, formal].
Formal (n.) A gown for evening wear [syn: dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown].
FORMAL, () FORmula MAnipulation Language.
An early Fortran extension for symbolic mathematics.
["FORMAL, A Formula Manipulation Language", C.K. Mesztenyi,
Computer Note CN-1, CS Dept, U Maryland (Jan 1971)].
FORMAL, () A data manipulation language for nonprogrammers from IBM
LASC. ["FORMAL: A Forms-Oriented and Visual-Directed Application System", N.C. Shu, IEEE Computer 18(8):38-49 (1985)]. (1994-12-06)
Formaldehyde (n.) A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid.
Compare: Aldehyde
Aldehyde (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
Aldehyde (Chem.) Any compound having the group -CHO. Methyl aldehyde, the simplest aldehyde, is more commonly called formaldehyde, H-CHO, and acetic aldehyde is now more commonly called acetaldehyde. The higher aldehydes may be solids. A reducing sugar typically contains the aldehyde group.
Note: The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common aldehyde (called also acetaldehyde, acetic aldehyde or ethyl aldehyde), C2H4O; methyl aldehyde (called also formaldehyde), CH2O.
Aldehyde ammonia (Chem.), A compound formed by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.
Formaldehyde (n.) A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol [syn: formaldehyde, methanal].
Formalism (n.) The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
Official formalism. -- Sir H. Rawlinson.
Formalism (n.) The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented [ant: imitation].
Formalism (n.) (Philosophy) The philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications.
Formalism (n.) The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms.
Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.
As far a formalist from wisdom sits, In judging eyes, as libertines from wits. -- Young.
Formalities (n. pl. ) of Formality.
Formality (n.) The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.
Formality (n.) Form without substance.
Such [books] as are mere pieces of formality, so that if you look on them, you look though them. -- Fuller.
Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience. -- Atterbury.
Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
He was installed with all the usual formalities. -- C. Middleton.
Formality (n.) pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.]
The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. -- Fuller.
Formality (n.) That which is formal; the formal part.
It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while it aims to keep fast the outward formality. -- Milton.
Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
The material part of the evil came from our father upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the curse, is only by ourselves. -- Jer. Taylor.
The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Formality (n.) (Scholastic. Philos.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.
Formality (n.) A requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality" [syn: formality, formalities].
Formality (n.) A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention" [syn: formality, formalness] [ant: informality].
Formality (n.) Compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality."
Formalized (imp. & p. p.) of Formalize.
Formalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formalize.
Formalize (v. t.) To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.]
Formalize (v. t.) To render formal.
Formalize (v. i.) To affect formality. [Obs.] -- ales.
Formalize (v.) Make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title" [syn: formalize, formalise].
Formalize (v.) Declare or make legally valid [syn: validate, formalize, formalise] [ant: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void].
Formally (adv.) In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. -- Smalridge.
You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. -- Hooker.
Formally (adv.) With official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: formally, officially].
Formally (adv.) In a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant: informally].
Formate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of formic acid. [Written also formiate.]
Formation (n.) 形成，構成，組成 [U]；構成物；形態，結構 [C] [U] The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. -- Beattie.
Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.
Formation (n.) (Geol.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
Formation (n.) (Geol.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
Formation (n.) (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. -- Farrow.
Formation (n.) An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes."
Formation (n.) The act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn: formation, shaping].
Formation (n.) The act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation].
Formation (n.) (Geology) The geological features of the earth [syn: geological formation, formation].
Formation (n.) A particular spatial arrangement.
Formation (n.) Natural process that causes something to form; "the formation. of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods."
Formation (n.) Creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories."
Formative (a.) 形成的；造形的；構成的 Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. -- Bentley.
Formative (a.) (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
Formative (a.) (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
Formative (n.) (Gram.) 【語】構詞成分；構形成分 That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
Formative (n.) (Gram) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
Formative (a.) Capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone."
Formative (a.) Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: formative, shaping, plastic].
Formative (n.) Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function.
Forme (a.) (Her.) Same as Pate or Patte.
Forme (a.) First. [Obs.] "Adam our forme father." -- Chaucer.
Formed (a.) (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.]
Formed (a.) (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.
Formed material (Biol.), A term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is
physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter.
Formed (a.) Having or given a form or shape [ant: unformed].
Formedon (n.) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
Formedon, () old English law. The writ of formedon is nearly obsolete, it having been superseded by the writ of ejectment. Upon an alienation of the tenant in tail, by which the estate in tail is discontinued, and the remainder or reversion is by the failure, of the particular estate, displaced and turned into a mere right, the remedy is by action of formedon, (secundum formam doni,) because the writ comprehends the form of the gift. This writ is in the nature of a writ of right, and the action of formedon is the highest a tenant in tail can have. This writ is distinguished into three species; a formedon in the descender, in the remainder, and in the reverter. 8 Bl. Com. 191 Bac. Ab. h.t.; 4 Mass. 64.
Formell (n.) (Zool.) The female of a hawk or falcon.
Former (n.) One who forms; a maker; a creator.
Former (n.) (Mech.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
Former (n.) (Mech.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
Former (n.) (Mech.) A cutting die.
Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. -- Job. viii. 8.
The latter and former rain. -- Hosea vi. 3.
Former (a.) Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
Former (a.) Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the former merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. -- Pope.
Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing.
Former (a.) Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one" [ant: latter(a)].
Former (a.) Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)].
Former (a.) (Used especially of persons) Of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]
Former (a.) Belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a), other(a)].
Former (n.) The first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today" [ant: latter].
Formeret (n.) [F.] (Arch.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
Formerly (adv.) In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
Formerly (adv.) At a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst].
Formful (a.) Creative; imaginative. [R.] "The formful brain." -- Thomson.
Formic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether.
Amido formic acid, Carbamic acid.
Formic acid, A colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.
Formic (a.) Of or relating to or derived from ants.
Formic (a.) Of or containing or derived from formic acid.
Formica (n.) (Zool.) A Linn[ae]an genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.
Formica (prop. n. [a trademark.]) A thermosetting plastic material composed of melamine resin, having good heat and chemical resistance, and commonly used as the surface layer in laminated sheets employed as coverings for counter tops, walls, or furniture.
Formica (n.) Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine.
Formica (n.) Type genus of the Formicidae [syn: Formica, genus Formica].
Formicaroid (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the family Formicarid[ae] or ant thrushes.
Formicary (n.) (Zool.) The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
Formicary (n.) A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest [syn: anthill, formicary].
Formicate (a.) (Zool.) Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
Formicate (v. i.) [See Formication.] To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
An open space which formicated with peasantry. -- Lowell.
Formicate (v.) Crawl about like ants.
Formication (n.) (Med.) A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin. -- Dunglison.
Formication (n.) Hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines.
Formicid (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the ants.
Formicid (n.) One of the family Formicidae, or ants.
Formidability (n.) Formidableness. -- Walpole.
Formidability (n.) Impressive difficulty [syn: formidability, toughness].
Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
They seemed to fear the formodable sight. -- Dryden.
I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. -- Drydn.
Syn: Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking; horrible; terrific; tremendous.
Formidable (a.) Extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal."
Formidable (a.) Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" [syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving].
Formidableness (n.) The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. -- Boyle.
Formidably (adv.) In a formidable manner.
Formidably (adv.) In a formidable manner; "the constant risk that attends the exchanges of human beings formidably armed."
Formidolose (a.) Very much afraid. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Forming (n.) The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.
Formless (a.) Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape. -- Form"less*ly, adv. -- Form"less*ness, n.
Formless (a.) Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: amorphous, formless, shapeless].
Formless (a.) Having no physical form; "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings."
Formulas (n. pl. ) of Formula.
Formulae (n. pl. ) of Formula.
Formula (n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.
Formula (n.) (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.
Formula (n.) (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.