Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 73
Furacity (n.) Addictedness to theft; thievishness. [Obs.]
Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Furbelowed (imp. & p. p.) of Furhelow
Furbelowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furhelow
Furhelow (v. t.) To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
Furbelow (n.) A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow].
Furbished (imp. & p. p.) of Furbish
Furbishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furbish
Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. -- Shak.
Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. -- Shak.
Furbish (v.) Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish].
Furbishable (a.) Capable of being furbished.
Furbisher (n.) One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons. Furcate
Furcate (a.) Alt. of Furcated
Furcated (a.) Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
Furcate (v.) Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate].
Furcation (n.) A branching like a. fork.
Furcation (n.) The place where something divides into branches [syn: furcation, forking].
Furciferous (a.) Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." -- De Quincey.
Furcula (n.) (Anat.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
Furcula (n.) A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most Birds.
Furcular (a.) Shaped like a fork; furcate.
Furculum (n.) (Anat.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
Furdle (v. t.) To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [Obs.]
Furfur (n.) [L.] Scurf; dandruff.
Furfuraceous (a.) Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.
Furfuran (n.) (Chem.) A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.
Furfuran (n.) A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon [syn: furan, furane, furfuran].
Furfuration (n.) Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.
Furfurine (n.) (Chem.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.
Furfurol (n.) (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.
Furfurous (a.) Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." --Sydney Smith.
Furial (a.) Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Furibundal (a.) Full of rage.
Furies (n. pl.) See Fury, 3.
Furile (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin.
Furilic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid.
Furioso (a. & adv.) With great force or vigor; vehemently.
Furious (a.) Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.
Furious (a.) Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
Furious (a.) (Angry) (B2) 極其生氣，怒不可遏 Extremely angry.
// I was late and he was furious with me.
// He's furious about/at the way he's been treated.
// We had a furious debate about the death penalty.
Furious (a.) (Strong) 強烈的；激烈的 Using a lot of effort or strength.
// There is a furious struggle going on between the two presidential candidates.
// He set off running at a furious pace.
Furiousness (n.) (pl. - es) [ U ] 狂暴；猛然 (archaic) The quality or state of being furious.
Furld (imp. & p. p.) of Furl
Furling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furl
Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.
Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
Furlough (n.) (Mil.)（軍人等的）休假；暫時解僱 Leave of absence; especially, leave given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
Furloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Furlough
Furloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furlough
Furlough (v. t.) (Mil.)【美】准……休假；（暫時）解僱 To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier. Furmonty
Furlough (n.) A temporary leave of absence from military duty
Furlough (v.) Dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" [syn: {furlough}, {lay off}]
Furlough (v.) Grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
Furmonty (n.) Alt. of Furmity
Furmity (n.) Same as Frumenty.
Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
Furnace (n.) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
Furnace (n.) To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace.
Furniment (n.) Furniture.
Furnished (imp. & p. p.) of Furnish
Furnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furnish
Furnish (v. t.) To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
Furnish (v. t.) To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
Furnish (n.) That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
Furnisher (n.) One who supplies or fits out.
Furnishment (n.) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture.
Furniture (n.) That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
Furniture (n.) Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
Furniture (n.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
Furniture (n.) The masts and rigging of a ship.
Furniture (n.) The mountings of a gun.
Furniture (n.) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
Furniture (n.) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
Furniture (n.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
Furniture (n.) [ U ] (A2) 傢俱 Things such as chairs, tables, beds, cupboards, etc. that are put into a house or other building to make it suitable and comfortable for living or working in.
// They have a lot of antique furniture.
// The only piece/ item of furniture he has in his bedroom is a bed.
// We've just bought some new outdoor furniture.
Furoin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance, C10H8O4, from furfurol.
Furore (n.) Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.
Furrier (n.) A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.
Furriery (n.) Furs, in general.
Furriery (n.) The business of a furrier; trade in furs.
Furring (n.) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.
Furring (v. t.) The strips thus laid on.
Furring (v. t.) Double planking of a ship's side.
Furring (v. t.) A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
Furrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Furrow
Furrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furrow
Furrow (n.) To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.
Furrow (n.) To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
Furrowy (a.) Furrowed.
Furry (a.) 毛皮的；覆有毛皮的；毛皮製的 Covered with fur; dressed in fur. "Furry nations." -- Thomson.
Furry (a.) Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils. -- Dryden.
Furry (a.) Resembling fur.
Furry (a.) Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear" [syn: furred, furry].
Further (adv.) To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.
Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. -- M. Arnold.
They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Further off, Not so near; apart by a greater distance.
Further (a.) More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.
Further (a.) Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
Note: The forms further and farther are in general not differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by many when application to quantity or degree is implied.
Furthered (imp. & p. p.) of Further
Furthering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Further
Further (v. t.) To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.
This binds thee, then, to further my design. -- Dryden.
I should nothing further the weal public. -- Robynsom (More's Utopia).
Further (adv.) To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies" [syn: further, farther].
Further (adv.) In addition or furthermore; "if we further suppose"; "stated further that he would not cooperate with them"; "they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already".
Further (adv.) To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future" [syn: farther, further].
Further (a.) More distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations" [syn: further, farther].
Further (v.) Promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education" [syn: foster, further].
Further (v.) Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage].
Furtherance (n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
Fartherer (n.) One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter.
Furthermore (adv.) or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.
Furthermost (a.) Most remote; furthest.
Furthersome (a.) Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous.
Furthest (a.) superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.
Furthest (adv.) At the greatest distance; farthest.
Furtive (a.) Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.
Furtively (adv.) Stealthily by theft.
Furuncle (n.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.
Faruncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.
Fury (n.) 狂怒，暴怒 [U] [C] ；（天氣，疾病，感情等的）狂暴，猛烈 [the S]；【希神】 【羅神】 （大寫） 復仇三女神之一 [C] A thief. [Obs.]
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. -- J. Fleteher.
Furies (n. pl. ) of Fury