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   Fomorian
         n 1: one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated
               with the hostile power of nature [syn: {Fomor}, {Fomorian}]

English Dictionary: Fomorian by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fun run
n
  1. a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
    Synonym(s): funrun, fun run
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funny remark
n
  1. an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
    Synonym(s): funny story, good story, funny remark, funny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funrun
n
  1. a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
    Synonym(s): funrun, fun run
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
      probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
      an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; --
      probably so named from its quickness.]
      1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris})
            native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
            sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
            with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
            belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
            exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
            tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}.
  
      2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
  
                     As for heinous tiger, Tamora.            --Shak.
  
      3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
            mistress. --Dickens.
  
      4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
            cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
  
      5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
  
      {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The puma.
            (b) The jaguar.
  
      {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted
            carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of
            the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three
            and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long.
            Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings
            are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are
            always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from
            the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also
            {tortoise-shell tiger}.
  
      {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar.
  
      {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}.
            They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
           
  
      {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}.
           
  
      {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild
            cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
            somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
  
      {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
            {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.)
            having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like
            the skin of a tiger.
  
      {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm
            ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by
            the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
  
      {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}.
  
      {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths
            of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred
            with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
            larv[91] are called {woolly bears}.
  
      {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
            maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted
            with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian
            Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}.
  
      {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted
            cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied
            resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
            {tiger cowrie}.
  
      {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na
            crocuta}).
  
      {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree
            ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumarine \Fu"ma*rine\, n. [L. fumus smoke, fume.] (Chem.)
      An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline
      substance.
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