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Frisking
- verb - play boisterously;
- search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
- the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
Frissons
- noun - A shiver
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
Frostbow
- - A white arc or circle in the sky attending frosty weather and formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air; the parhelic circle whose center is at the zenith.
Frostian
- adjective - of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost
Frostier
- adjective - covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
- devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
- pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
Frostily
- adverb - without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily"
Frosting
- verb - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
- damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
- decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
Frustule
- - The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
Grasmere
- unknown - home of WORDSWORTH
- Lake District Village
Grasping
- verb - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
- hold firmly
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
- the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"