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Fabiana
a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
Facet
To cut facets or small faces upon; .
Fainant deity
A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.
Fangle
Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
fascism
a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; -- opposed to and .
Fashioner
One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything.
Fatalism
The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
Fatherland
One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
Faubourg
A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
Faucet
A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also , and . It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
Favorite
Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference;
Fecula
Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.
federary
A partner; a confederate; an accomplice.
Felspathic
See .
Fecirc;ng-hwang
A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.
Fermenter
an apparatus for carrying out by a liquid suspension of microorganisms; a fermentation tank; .
Ferriprussiate
A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide.
Fet
To fetch.
Feuterer
A dog keeper.
Fibrinous
Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; .
Fibroid
Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; .
Fidalgo
The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of in Spain.
Fiddle
A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.
Figurine
A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from , which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.
Filter
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.
Finns
Natives of Finland; Finlanders.
Fireproofing
The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.
Firewarden
An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also .
Firry
Made of fir; abounding in firs.
Firstborn
First brought forth; first in the order of birth; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted; .
Fishy
Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.
Fissiped
One of the .
Fitch
The European polecat; also, its fur.
Fixidity
Fixedness.
Flabel
A fan.
Flagrant
Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
Fleeceless
Without a fleece.
Flickeringly
In a flickering manner.
Flintlock
A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
Flittingly
In a flitting manner.
Flosculous
Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
Flota
A fleet; especially, aeet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
Flowery-kirtled
Dressed with garlands of flowers.
Flowingly
In a flowing manner.
fluegelhorn
a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
Flume
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.
Flush
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
Fogyism
The principles and conduct of a fogy.
Foil
To tread under foot; to trample.
Foppish
Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Fordable
Capable of being forded.
Foreknowable
That may be foreknown.
Fore-night
The evening between twilight and bedtime.
Forepromised
Promised beforehand; prengaged.
Forever
Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally.
Forge
A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.
Formedon
A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
Forncast
Predestined.
Foumart
The European polecat; -- called also , and . See .
Foxtail
The tail or brush of a fox.
Fraise
A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.
Frame
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
Frame of reference
an arbitrary set of spatial coordinates used to describe the position or motion of objects. The coordinates may be fixed or moving; .
Fraternize
To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.
free enterprise
an economic system having predominantly private ownership of the means of production, and relying chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices, and having a minimum of governmental interference in economic decisions; also, the political doctrine advocating such a system as the economic system of a country.
Freeholder
The possessor of a freehold.
Freshen
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; .
Friabiiity
The quality of being friable; friableness.
Frieze
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
Friezer
One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.
Frockless
Destitute of a frock.
Frondous
Frondose.
Fructiferuos
Bearing or producing fruit.
Funeration
The act of burying with funeral rites.
Funk
To emit an offensive smell; to stink.