Funicle, n.

    1. Fibre, filament, small cord, small ligature.
    2. (Bot.) Protosperm, filamentous support of the ovule.

Funk, n.

    1. Stink, stench, fetor, bad odor, offensive smell.
    2. (Colloq.) Fear, fright, shrinking panic.

Funk, v. n. (Colloq.) Shrink back, be in fear, be frightened, quail, blench.

Funnel, n.

    1. Tunnel.
    2. Chimney-flue.
    3. Stove-pipe, smoke-pipe, smoke-stack.

Funny, a. Comical, droll, farcical, ludicrous, sportive, humorous, laughable, diverting, amusing.

Furbelow, n. Flounce, frill.

Furbish, v. a. Burnish, polish, rub or scour bright.

Furcate, Furcated, a. Forked, fork-shaped, branching, divaricated, furcular.

Furcation, n. Branching, forking, divarication.

Furciferous, a. (Rare.) Rascally, scoundrelly, villanous, blackguard.

Furcula, n. Wish-bone, wishing-bone, merry-thought.

Furcular, a. Forked, fork-like, forking, furcate, furcated, fork-shaped, branching, divaricated.

Furfur, n. Scurf, dandruff, branny scales.

Furfuraceous, a.

    1. Scurfy, branny, scaly, scabby, lentiginous.
    2. Made of bran, bran, branny, full of bran, furfurous.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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