English to English Dictionary

forlorn

Perfectly wretched, miserable, or desolate, often through desertion or abandonment.

formulate

To create or devise methodically (a strategy or a proposal).

forthrightness

The quality of being direct and honest in speech and behavior, without hesitation or evasion.

friable

Easily crumbled or crushed into small pieces.

gaunt

Lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

glower

An angry or sullen look on someone's face.

glutton

An habitual greedy eater.

groggy

Dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, fatigue, or sleep.

habituation

The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.

henceforward

From this time on; from now on.

heraldry

The systematic study, devising, granting, and blazoning of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies.

homeostasis

The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.