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furthermore, adv. moreover, besides.
fury, n. wrath, rage, indignation, ire, frenzy; virago, termagant, shrew, vixen, beldame, Xantippe; agitation, excitement, turbulence.
fuse, v. melt, liquefy, dissolve, smelt; commingle, blend, amalgamate, intermix.
fusion, n. melting, fluidity; intermingling, amalgamation, coalition, blending, intermixture.
fuss, n. ado, bustle, to-do, pother, agitation, excitement.
fuss, v. pother, fume, fret; disturb, annoy, bother.
fussy, a. fidgety, fastidious, finical, particular, scrupulous, overnice, pernickety.
fustian, n. bombast, rant, rodomontade; twaddle, nonsense, balderdash.
futile, a. vain, bootless, ineffectual, unavailing, abortive, useless.
fuzz, n. down, p.u.b.escence.
fuzzy, a. downy, p.u.b.escent.
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Gabble, n. gibberish, babble, prate, prating, chatter, jargon.
gabble, v. gibber, jabber, babble, prate, chatter.
gable, n. a.s.sociated Word: pediment.
gad, n. goad.
gag, v. silence, muzzle, m.u.f.fle, hush, suppress; retch.
gag, n. m.u.f.fler, muzzler, silencer.
gain, n. increase, profit, advantage, increment, acquisition, acc.u.mulation, accretion, store, h.o.a.rding; emolument, lucre.
gain, v. get, acquire, achieve, win, obtain, attain; conciliate, persuade, induce.
gainsay, v. contradict, dispute, deny, controvert, impugn.
gaiters, n. pl. spats, spatterdashes, leggings, gramashes, puttee.
gale, n. wind, tempest; excitement, confusion, flurry.
gall, n. bile; bitterness, rancor, spite, malignity.
gall, n. (Slang) impudence, audacity, effrontery, insolence.
gall, v. chafe, fret; vex, annoy, hara.s.s, worry, exasperate.
gallant, a. polite, deferential, courtly, chivalrous.
gallant, n. spark, beau, cicisbeo, philander; lover, suitor; seducer, paramour.
gallantry, n. chivalry, bravery, heroism; courtliness, politeness, deference; intrigue.
gall bladder. cholecystis.
gallery, n. balcony; corridor, pa.s.sage, pa.s.sageway; museum.
galloping, n. a.s.sociated Words: rataplan, tantivy.
gallstone, n. bilestone, biliary calculus.
galoot, n. (Slang) rowdy, bl.u.s.terer.
galore, n. and a. plenty, abundance, in abundance, abounding.
gambler, n. gamester, card-sharper, blackleg, punter. a.s.sociated words: decoy, croupier, capper, by-bidder.
gambol, v. caper, frolic, play, sport, frisk, curvet.
game, n. play, amus.e.m.e.nt, pastime, diversion, fun, sport; contest; prey, quarry; scheme, plan, project, undertaking, enterprise, stratagem.
game, a. plucky, resolute, unyielding, courageous, unflinching, indomitable, undaunted, unconquerable; (Colloq.) crippled, lame, crooked, deformed.
gang, n. band, crew, company, group, crowd, set, squad, party, number, clique.
gangling, a. (Colloq.) lanky, spindling.
gangrene, n. mortification, sphacelation.--v. mortify, sphacelate.
gangrenous, a. mortified, mortifying, sphacelate.
gap, n. hiatus, rift, crevice, rent, interstice, chasm. See opening.
gape, v. yawn, oscitate; gaze, stare.
gape, n. yawn, yawning, gaping, oscitancy, oscitation; rictus (the gapes).
gaping, n. yawning, oscitancy, oscitation; staring.
garbage, n. offal, refuse, swill, waste. a.s.sociated Word: scavenger.
