English dictionary: words starting with fum

Meanings of Fumarate:

noun

A salt or ester of fumaric acid.

Usage examples:

Then there are salts from organic acids (maleate, citrate, fumarate, gluconate), other mineral acid…

Meanings of Fumarates:

noun

A salt or ester of fumaric acid.

Usage examples:

Then there are salts from organic acids (maleate, citrate, fumarate, gluconate), other mineral acid…

Meanings of Fumarole:

noun

An opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulphurous gases emerge.

Usage examples:

Some geologists noted similarities between the lakes' steaming cracks and the fumaroles of volcano …

Meanings of Fumaroles:

noun

An opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulphurous gases emerge.

Usage examples:

Some geologists noted similarities between the lakes' steaming cracks and the fumaroles of volcano …

Meanings of Fumble:

verb

Do or handle something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She fumbled with the lock

noun

An act of doing or handling something clumsily.

Usage examples:

Just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers

Meanings of Fumbled:

verb

Do or handle something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She fumbled with the lock

noun

An act of doing or handling something clumsily.

Usage examples:

Just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers

Meanings of Fumbles:

verb

Do or handle something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She fumbled with the lock

noun

An act of doing or handling something clumsily.

Usage examples:

Just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers

Meanings of Fumbling:

noun

The action of fumbling.

Usage examples:

The ones i receive now are rife with disgust at bureaucratic fumbling, with rage at an unspecified …

adjective

Doing or handling something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She bolted the door with fumbling fingers

verb

Do or handle something clumsily.

Usage examples:

She fumbled with the lock

Meanings of Fumblingly:

adverb

In an awkward, embarrassing, or nervous way

Usage examples:

Fumblingly, and shaking with excitement, i struggled to put on my trainers., he was different from …

Meanings of Fume:

noun

An amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.

Usage examples:

Clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed

Meanings of Fumed:

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed

noun

An amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.

Usage examples:

Clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars

Meanings of Fumes:

noun

An amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.

Usage examples:

Clouds of exhaust fumes spewed by cars

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed

plural noun

Harmful or strong-smelling gases or smoke

Usage examples:

Neighbors complain about fumes from the nearby sewage treatment plant.

Meanings of Fumet:

noun

A concentrated stock, especially of game or fish, used as flavouring.

Usage examples:

Oysters poached in fish fumet

Meanings of Fumets:

noun

A concentrated stock, especially of game or fish, used as flavouring.

Usage examples:

Oysters poached in fish fumet

Meanings of Fumigant:

noun

A chemical that produces fumes used to disinfect or purify an area.

Usage examples:

Soil fumigants used to sterilize old orchards before planting new trees

Meanings of Fumigants:

noun

A chemical that produces fumes used to disinfect or purify an area.

Usage examples:

Soil fumigants used to sterilize old orchards before planting new trees

Meanings of Fumigate:

verb

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house

Meanings of Fumigated:

verb

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house

Meanings of Fumigates:

verb

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house

Meanings of Fumigating:

verb

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house

Meanings of Fumigation:

noun

The action or process of disinfecting or purifying an area with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

The students are part of an effort to eliminate mosquitoes through fumigation

Meanings of Fumigations:

noun

The action or process of disinfecting or purifying an area with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

The students are part of an effort to eliminate mosquitoes through fumigation

Meanings of Fumigator:

noun

A person who uses chemicals to remove harmful insects or bacteria from buildings

Meanings of Fumigators:

noun

A person who uses chemicals to remove harmful insects or bacteria from buildings

Meanings of Fuming:

adjective

Feeling, showing, or expressing great anger.

Usage examples:

Smith was left fuming following the security breach

noun

The process of exposing wood to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.

Usage examples:

Fuming is a highly toxic process

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed