Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 75

Futuritial (a.) Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [R.]

Futurition (n.) The state of being future; futurity. [R.]

Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. -- Coleridge.

Futurities (n. pl. ) of Futurity

Futurity (n.) 未來;來世;未來性 State of being that is yet to come; future state.

Futurity (n.) Future time; time to come; the future.

Futurity (n.) Event to come; a future event.

All futurities are naked before the All-seeing Eye. -- South.

Futurity (n.) The time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity, time to come] [ant: past, past times, yesteryear].

Futurity (n.) The quality of being in or of the future [ant: nowness, pastness, presentness].

Fuze (n.) [C] 保險絲,熔線;導火線,導火索 A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.

Chemical fuze, A fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion.

Concussion fuze, A fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile.

Electric fuze, A fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current.

Friction fuze, A fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. See fuzee [1].

Percussion fuze, A fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound.

Time fuze, A fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion.

Fuse or Fuze (n.) (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.

Fuze (n.) Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming].

Fuzz (v. t.) 使成絨毛狀;使模糊不清 To make drunk. [Obs.] -- Wood.

Fuzz (n.)  細毛;絨毛;模糊 Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.

Fuzz ball, A kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.

Fuzz (v. i.) To fly off in minute particles.

Fuzzle (v. t.) To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. [Obs.] -- Burton.

Fuzzy (a.) 有絨毛的;模糊不清的 Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]

Fuzzy (a.) Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach.

Fuzzy (a.) Covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed" [syn: fuzzed, fuzzy].

Fuzzy (a.) Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy].

Fuzzy (a.) Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance".

- fy () A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify, amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.

Fy (interj.) A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See {Fie}.

Fyke (n.) 【美】長袋網(捕魚用) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net. -- Cozzens.

Fyllot (n.) A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika. Fyrd

Fyrd (n.) Alt. of Fyrdung

Fyrdung (n.) (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.

The national fyrd or militia. -- J. R. Green.
Fytte (n.) See Fit a song. [Archaic]

Compare: Fit

Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.]
To play some pleasant fit. -- Spenser.

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