English dictionary: words starting with fis - page 2
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adjectiveRelating to or resembling fish or a fish.
Usage examples:
A fishy smell
nounThe public treasury of rome or the emperor's privy purse.
verbRefute the points made in (an article or other piece of writing) one by one.
Usage examples:
I was going to fisk their entire editorial, but if they're not going to take their work seriously t…
adjective(of an atom or element) able to undergo nuclear fission.
Usage examples:
A fissile isotope
nounDivision or splitting into two or more parts.
Usage examples:
The party dissolved into fission and acrimony
verb(chiefly of atoms) undergo fission.
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These heavy nuclei can also fission
adjectiveAnother term for fissile.
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The fissionable material with which to construct nuclear weapons
verb(chiefly of atoms) undergo fission.
Usage examples:
These heavy nuclei can also fission
nounDivision or splitting into two or more parts.
Usage examples:
The party dissolved into fission and acrimony
verb(chiefly of atoms) undergo fission.
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These heavy nuclei can also fission
nounDivision or splitting into two or more parts.
Usage examples:
The party dissolved into fission and acrimony
verb(chiefly of atoms) undergo fission.
Usage examples:
These heavy nuclei can also fission
nounDivision or splitting into two or more parts.
Usage examples:
The party dissolved into fission and acrimony
adjectiveInclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups.
Usage examples:
The fissiparous tendencies innate in tribalism
verbMake a rustling sound.
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Straw fissled in the darkness
nounA latin word meaning "fissure" (= a long, deep, narrow space in a surface), used in medical names and descriptions of the surface of the brain or spinal cord
nounA long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Usage examples:
The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
verbSplit or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
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The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs
adjectiveHaving long, narrow cracks or openings.
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Low cliffs of fissured silurian rock
verbSplit or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
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The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs
nounA long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Usage examples:
The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
verbSplit or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
Usage examples:
The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs
verbSplit or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
Usage examples:
The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs
nounA long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Usage examples:
The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
nounA person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something.
Usage examples:
She pummelled him furiously with her fists
verbStrike with the fist.
Usage examples:
He fisted a goal-bound shot over the bar
verbStrike with the fist.
Usage examples:
He fisted a goal-bound shot over the bar
adjectiveDoing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people
Usage examples:
The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.
nounA fight with the fists.
nounAs much as a person can hold in their clenched hand.
Usage examples:
The man took a fistful of cash from the drawer
nounAs much as a person can hold in their clenched hand.
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The man took a fistful of cash from the drawer
adjectiveRelating to boxing.
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The late 60's and early 70's spawned an array of fistic talent in the heavyweight division.
plural nounFighting with the fists.
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The result was an outbreak of fisticuffs
nounFighting in which people hit each other with their fists
verbStrike with the fist.
Usage examples:
He fisted a goal-bound shot over the bar
nounA person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something.
Usage examples:
She pummelled him furiously with her fists
nounA person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something.
Usage examples:
She pummelled him furiously with her fists
verbStrike with the fist.
Usage examples:
He fisted a goal-bound shot over the bar
nounAn abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow or tubular organ and the body surface, or between two hollow or tubular organs.
Usage examples:
However, if a serious duct injury is present, a chronic fistula may develop and require surgical in…
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