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-n. 5. square, quadrangle, rectangle, quadrate, Rare, tetragon, Obs. quadran. fowl, n. 1. hen, brood hen, mother hen, old hen, biddy, chicken; rooster, cock, bantam, chanticleer.
2. domestic fowl, barnyard birds, poultry, ducks, turkeys, geese, peahens, peacocks; birds, pheasants, quail, partridge, guinea hens; waterfowl. foxy,
adj. 1. cunning, crafty, artful, sly, wily, subtle, SI. dumb or crazy like a fox, Scot. and North Eng. pawky; shrewd, astute, canny, sharp, knowing, Inf. cagey; foxlike, vulpine.
2. ingenious, clever, resourceful, imaginative, inventive, creative; discerning, penetrating, wise, knowing, intelligent; alert, wide-awake, vigilant.
3. deceitful, tricky, crooked, dishonest, underhanded; shifty, slippery, smooth, slick; stealthy, sneaky, deceptive, designing, intriguing; insidious, guileful, disingenuous, scheming, plotting, designing, calculating, contriving.
4. discolored, yellowed, foxed, stained, streaked, spotted, blotted, mildewed.
5. reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, tawny, roan, rust-colored, rusty, ruddy, rufous, fuscous.
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SI. good-looking, attractive, alluring, fascinating; inviting, sensuous, stirring, voluptuous, sexy. foyer, n. lobby, entrance hall, anteroom, antechamber, reception room; vestibule, hall, loggia. fracas, n. 1. uproar, commotion, disturbance, tumult, turmoil; brawl, fight, wrangle, rough-and-tumble, tussle, donnybrook, brannigan, Inf. scrap, SI. rhubarb, Scot. sturt; rumpus, scramble, scuffle, brouhaha, free-for-all, fray, affray, Inf. ruckus; hubbub, hullabaloo, pandemonium, outbreak, broil, imbroglio, melee, riot, disorder.
2. dispute, contention, discord, noisy quarrel, argument, altercation, vociferation, wrangle, row,
Inf. hassle, Inf. barney; disagreement, squabble, spat, tiff, Brit. Dial, fratch. fraction, n. 1. piece, segment, part, portion, division, subdivision, slice.
2. fragment, bit, particle, mite, trifle; morsel, crumb, chip, chunk, scrap, snip, snippet, shaving. fractious,
adj. 1. peevish, irritable, testy, captious, snappish, quarrelsome, pettish, waspish, touchy; out of sorts, crabbed, grouchy, ill-natured, ill-humored, cross, splenetic; churlish, acrimonious, bitter, sour, caustic; petulant, sulky, sullen, morOse, fretful; irascible, huffy, peppery, feisty.
2. rebellious, unruly, insubordinate, perverse, contrary, obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded, mulish, obdurate, unyielding, unbending, cross-grained; opposed, resistant, refractory, recalcitrant, unmanageable, intractable, contumacious; headstrong, willful, strong-willed, wayward. fracture,
n. 1. break, rupture, breach, separation, division, cleavage.
2. split, crack, rift, slit; fissure, cleft, chink; gap, opening, aperture, crevice, rime, chasm; chap, notch, gash, cut, flaw. fragile,
adj. 1. delicate, frail, dainty, fine, elegant, exquisite; brittle, easily broken, breakable, frangible, smashable, shivery, splintery, shattery; crumbly, friable, pulverulent; shaky, rickety, tottering, wobbling, teetering; unsteady, weak, weakened, feeble, decrepit; flimsy, slight, unsubstantial; trivial, frivolous, immaterial, superficial, shallow, lacking force, transparent, ineffectual.

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