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| FRUSTRATE | | v. (-ting) 1 make (efforts) ineffective.
- prevent (a person) from achieving a purpose.
- (as frustrated adj.) A discontented because unable to achieve one's aims. B sexually unfulfilled. frustrating adj. Frustratingly adv. Frustration n. [latin frustra in vain] | |
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| FRYINGPAN | | n. Shallow pan used in frying. out of the frying-pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one. | |
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| FULLBLOWN | | adj. Fully developed. | |
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| FULLSCALE | | adj. Not reduced in size, complete. | |
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| FULLTIMER | | n. Person who does a full-time job. | |
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| FULMINANT | | adj. - fulminating.
- (of a disease etc.) Developing suddenly. [latin: related to *fulminate] | |
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| FULMINATE | | v. (-ting) 1 criticize loudly and forcefully.
- explode violently; flash. fulmination n. [latin fulmen -min- lightning] | |
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| FUNGICIDE | | n. Substance that kills fungus. fungicidal adj. | |
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| FUNICULAR | | —adj. (of a mountain railway) operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. —n. Funicular railway. [latin funiculus diminutive of funis rope] | |
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| FUNNYBONE | | n. Part of the elbow over which a very sensitive nerve passes. | |
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