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noun (fatt, ies)
- (context, pejorative, slang) An obese person.
adjective (fatti, er)
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- 1896, w:H.G. Wells, H.G. Wells, w:The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Island of Doctor Moreau, s:The Island of Doctor Moreau/Chapter 14, Chapter 14.
- :Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of tissue.
- 2002, w:George W. Bush, George W. Bush, s:Presidential Radio Address - 22 June 2002, Presidential Radio Address - June 22.
- :That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on foods.
- Like fat; greasy.
- 1861, w:Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens, w:Great Expectations, Great Expectations, s:Great Expectations/Chapter XXXII, Chapter 32
- :... which had a greasy and surface like cold broth
- 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), s:Of the Epidemics, Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.
- :On the sixth, stools black, , viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
- (slang) Literally of figuratively large.
- Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a reward! http://vbulletin.thesite.org/showthread.php?t=113356
- Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a discount) I impulsively bought the book. http://www.amazon.com/review/RH9UUXADA42GQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
- I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now. http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541
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noun
- (medicine) a severe, chronic infection of ringworm
| | febrifacient |
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noun
- a substance that produces a fever
adjective
- producing a fever
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adjective
- fever, Feverish, inflamed.
- Hot-tempered.
| | febrile |
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adjective
- feverish, Feverish, or having a high temperature.
- Full of nervous energy.
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adjective
- Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile.
| | felon |
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noun
- A person convicted of a serious crime which carries serious fines and / or jail time or imprisonment, usually for longer than one year. Crimes carrying small fines or imprisonment of less than a year are called misdemeanors.
| | fever |
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noun
- A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
- "I have a . I think I've caught a cold."
- (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.
- scarlet fever
- A state of excitement (of a person or people).
| | feverish |
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adjective
- In the state of having a fever, to have an elevated body temperature.
- The illness made him , so they applied cold compresses.
- filled with excess energy.
- He worked with excitement.
| | fibrillate |
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verb (fibrillates, fibrillating, fibrillated, fibrillated)
- To make irregular, rapid movements.
| | fibrillation |
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noun
- The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
| | fibroid |
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noun (plural: fibroids)
- (pathology) A benign tumour of the uterus that is comprised of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle.
| | fibroma |
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noun (plural: fibromas or fibromata)
- (pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
| | fibrosis |
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noun - (medicine) The formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
| | filariasis |
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noun
- A disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.
| | first-degree burn |
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noun
- A mild burn that causes redness of the skin but no blistering.
| | fistula |
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noun (plural fistulas or fistulae)
- (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
| | floating |
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adjective
- That which floats or float.
- buoys
| | floccillation |
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noun
- (rare) Picking at the bedclothes, usually seen in delirious, feverish or death, dying people.<ref>"floccillation." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 09 Apr. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/floccillation>.</ref>
| | flu |
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noun
- influenza
| | food poisoning |
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noun
- (pathology) Common term for any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
| | fracture |
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noun
- the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
- (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
verb (fractures, fracturing, fractured, fractured)
- to break, or cause something to break
| | freak |
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noun
- A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
- (context, of a person) An oddball, especially in physiology; unique in a displeasing way.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).
- A person who has an obsession or extreme knowledge of a something.
- A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context.
verb
- (transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance
- 1994, James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-On-Black Love Story, (Alyson Publishing), page 107
- :But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out. I missed him.
- (transitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug
- 1992, Peter G. Stafford, Psychedelics Encyclopedia, (Ronin Publishing), page 56
- :"... Harvard have compiled a list of LSD's contributions"largely missing before then"to our popular language: turned on, straight, , freaked out, stoned, ..."
- (transitive) To streak
- 1930, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books, (Literary Criticism), page 20
- :"... in fine diaper of silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure; Now scurrying close overhead, wild ink-hued random racers that fling sheeted ..."
- (intransitive) To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure
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noun - a vibration which is perceptible on palpation or auscultation
| | frostbite |
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noun
- The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.
verb to frostbite
- To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
| | froth |
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noun (uncountable)
- foam
- Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
- (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel
- Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz ?
verb
- (transitive) To create froth.
- I like to my coffee for ten seconds exactly, no more, no less.
- (intransitive) To bubble.
- The chemical frothed up when I added the acid, just as I thought it would.
| | fungoid |
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noun
- A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus
| | fungus |
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noun (pl=fungi, pl2=funguses)
- A category of eukaryote, eukaryotic organism, having cell walls but no chlorophyll. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
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