Webster's Dictionary 1913

3187

Formful

Form″ful (?), a. Creative; imaginative. “The formful brain.” Thomson.

3188

Formic

For″mic (?), a. [L. formica an ant: cf. F. formique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic...

3189

Formica

‖For‐mi″ca (?), n.(Zoöl.) A Linnæan genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.

3190

Formicaroid

For′mi‐ca″roid (?), a. [NL. Formicarius, the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.

3191

Formicary

For″mi‐ca‐ry (?), n. [LL. formicarium, fr. L. formica an ant.] (Zoöl.) The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.

3192

Formicate

For″mi‐cate (?), a. [L. formica an ant.] (Zoöl.) Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

3193

Formicate (2)

For″mi‐cate (fôr″mĭ‐kāt), v. i. [See Formication.] To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.An open space which formicated with peasantry. Lowell.

3194

Formication

For′mi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. formicatio, fr. formicare to creep like an ant, to feel as if ants were crawling on one's self, fr. formica ant: cf. F. formication.] (Med.) A sensati...

3195

Formicid

For″mi‐cid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the ants. — n. One of the family Formicidæ, or ants.

3196

Formidability

For′mi‐da‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Formidableness. Walpole.

3197

Formidable

For″mi‐da‐ble (?), a. [L. formidabilis, fr. formidare to fear, dread: cf. F. formidable.] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from ...

3198

Formidableness

For″mi‐da‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle.

3199

Formidably

For″mi‐da‐bly, adv. In a formidable manner.

3200

Formidolose

For‐mid″o‐lose (?), a. [L. formidolosus, fr. formido fear.] Very much afraid. Bailey.

3201

Forming

Form″ing (?), n. The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.

3202

Formless

Form″less, a. Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape. — Form″less‐ly, adv. — Form″less‐ness, n.

3203

Formula

For″mu‐la (?), n.; pl. E. Formulas (#), L. Formulæ (#). [L., dim. of forma form, model. SeeForm, n.] 1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional me...

3204

Formularistic

For′mu‐la‐ris″tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization. Emerson.

3205

Formularization

For′mu‐lar‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition. C. Kingsley.

3206

Formularize

For″mu‐lar‐ize (?), v. t. To reduce to a forula; to formulate.

3207

Formulary

For″mu‐la‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. formulaire. See Formula.] Stated; prescribed; ritual.

3208

Formulary (2)

For″mu‐la‐ry, n.; pl.Formularies (#). [Cf. F. formulaire.] 1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaæ, etc.; a book o...

3209

Formulate

For″mu‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Formulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Formulating (?).] To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or ...

3210

Formulation

For′mu‐la″tion (?), n. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

3211

Formule

For″mule (?), n. A set or prescribed model; a formula. Johnson.

3212

Formulization

For′mu‐li‐za″tion (?), n. The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.

3213

Formulize

For″mu‐lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Formulized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Formulizing (?).] To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.