1: a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature [syn: {degree Fahrenheit}] 2: a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful ...

1: a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff [syn: {bass clef}]

1: the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) that contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission [syn: {Appleton layer},...

1: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system [syn: {focal ratio}, {stop number}, {speed}]

1: the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) that contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission [syn: {Appleton layer},...

1: ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" [syn: {fine}]

1: 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945) [syn: {Roosevelt}, {Franklin Roosevelt},...

1: Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) [syn: {Banting}, {Sir Frederick Grant Banting}]

1: United States novelist (1896-1940) [syn: {Fitzgerald}, {Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald}]

1: a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of ...

1: the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization

1: meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song [syn: {fal la}]

1: an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation [syn: {Federal Aviation Agency}]

1: extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: {fabulous}]

1: a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae [syn: {Leguminosae}, {family Leguminosae...

1: Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) [syn: {Peter Carl Faberge}]

1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society" 2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" [syn: {dilatory}] n : a member of the Fab...

1: an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism

1: genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs [syn: {genus Fabiana}]

1: Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic [syn: {pichi}]

1: socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law

1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: {fabrication}, {fiction}] 2: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: {parable}, {allegory}, {apologue}] 3: a story about mythical o...

1: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn: {legendary}]

{fabliau}

1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around...

1: put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys" [syn: {manufacture}, {construct}] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: {ma...

1: formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story" [syn: {fancied}, {fictional}, {...

1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: {fiction}, {fable}] 2: writing in a fictional form [syn: {fictionalization}, {fictionalisation}] 3: the act of making something (a product) from raw...

1: someone who tells lies [syn: {storyteller}, {fibber}]

1: a person who tells or invents fables

1: extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: {fab}] 2: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" [syn:...

1: in a fabulous manner; "she was a fabulously gifted player" [syn: {fantastically}]

1: the face or front of a building [syn: {frontage}, {frontal}] 2: a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant [syn: {window dressing}]

1: the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" [syn: {human face}] 2: the expression o...

1: the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle

1: one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face [syn: {picture card}, {court card}]

1: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body [syn: {washcloth}, {washrag}, {flannel}]

1: a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin [syn: {cold cream}, {coldcream}, {vanishing cream}]

1: the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face [syn: {beard}, {whiskers}]

1: face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets

1: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more th...

1: a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) [syn: {face lift}, {facelift}] 2: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is mad...

1: mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey

1: start a game by a face-off [syn: {bully off}]

1: a cream that cleanses and tones the skin [syn: {pack}]

1: cosmetic powder for the face

1: biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" [syn: {facial recognition}, {automatic f...

1: an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) [syn: {face saving}]

1: an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) [syn: {face saver}]

1: soap used as a toiletry [syn: {toilet soap}, {bath soap}]

1: accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions [syn: {carry-the can}]

1: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke facel to face"

1: a small towel used to dry the hands or face [syn: {hand towel}]

1: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" [syn: {confront}, {face}] [ant: {avoid}]

1: the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value [syn: {par value}, {nominal value}] 2: the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth

1: a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face

1: a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date

1: harden steel by adding carbon

1: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: {lift}]

1: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {confrontation}, {encounter}, {showdown}] 2: (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players

1: maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"

1: in each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter" adv 1: within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face" 2: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face o...

1: having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace" [ant: {faceless}]

1: without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state" [ant: {faced}]

1: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more th...

1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)

1: (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced

1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: {aspect}] 2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) [also: {facetting}, {facetted}]

1: the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)

1: having facets; "a faceted diamond" [ant: {unfaceted}]

1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: {bantering}, {tongue-in-cheek}]

1: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: {jokingly}, {tongue-in-cheek}]

1: playful humor

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{facet}

1: a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc [syn: {fascia}] [also: {faciae} (pl)]

{facia}

1: of or concerning the face; "a facial massage"; "facial hair"; "facial expression" 2: of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object n 1: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: {faci...

1: an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face [syn: {arteria facialis}, {external maxillary artery}]

1: a gesture executed with the facial muscles [syn: {facial gesture}] 2: the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: {expression}, {look}, {aspect...

1: a gesture executed with the facial muscles [syn: {facial expression}]

1: the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face

1: any of the skeletal muscles of the face

1: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: {facial}, {nervus facialis}, {seventh cranial nerve}]

1: identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces; "facial profiling is a new form of airport security"

1: biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" [syn: {face recognition}, {automatic fac...

1: tissue paper suitable for use on the face

1: any of several veins draining the face [syn: {vena facialis}]

1: with respect to the face

1: arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem" 2: performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand" [syn: {easy}] 3: ...

1: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" [syn: {ease}, {alleviate}] 2: be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: {help}] 3: physiology: increase the li...

1: freed from difficulty or impediment

1: the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" 2: (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough t...

1: freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"

1: someone who makes progress easier

1: inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity

1: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: {installation}] 2: skillful performance or ability wi...

1: a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening 2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: {veneer}] 3: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building ...

1: two facing pages of a book or other publication [syn: {spread}, {spread head}, {spreadhead}]

1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: {autotype}] 2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: {facsimile machine}, {fax}] v : send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me ...

1: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: {facsimile}, {fax}]

1: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" 2: a statement or assertion of verified information about some...

1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: {indicative mood}, {indicative}, {declarative mood}, {declarative}, {common mood}]

1: designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting" [syn: {investigative}, {investigatory}]

1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {cabal}, {junto}, {camarilla}] 2: a dissenting clique [syn: {sect}]

1: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: {dissentious}, {divisive}]

1: not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"

1: something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print 2: a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a mu...

1: to perform a factor analysis of correlational data [syn: {factor analyze}]

1: any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that a...

1: of or relating to or the product of factor analysis [syn: {factor analytical}]

1: of or relating to or the product of factor analysis [syn: {factor analytic}]

1: to perform a factor analysis of correlational data [syn: {factor analyse}]

1: a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots [syn: {fibrinogen}]

1: a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin [syn: {prothrombin}]

1: an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot [syn: {thromboplastin}, {thrombokinase}]

1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor out}]

1: ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood [syn: {calcium ion}]

1: coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B [syn: {Christmas factor}]

1: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality [syn: {constant of proportionality}]

1: the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use [syn: {safety factor}]

1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor in}]

1: a coagulation factor [syn: {proaccelerin}, {prothrombin accelerator}, {accelerator factor}]

1: a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K [syn: {proconvertin}, {cothromboplastin}, {stable factor}]

1: a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A [syn: {antihemophilic factor}, {antihaemophilic factor}, {antihemophilic globulin}, {antihaemophilic globulin...

1: coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors [syn: {prothrombinase}]

1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency [syn: {plasma thromboplastin antecedent}]

1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood [syn: {Hageman factor}]

1: in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot [syn: {fibrinase}]

1: of or relating to factorials n : the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer; "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials"

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factorisation}]

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factoring}]

1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorize}]

1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorisation}, {factoring}]

1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorise}]

1: a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: {mill}, {manufacturing plant}, {manufactory}]

1: a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: {agribusiness}, {agriculture}]

1: price charged for goods picked up at the factory

1: a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea

1: a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work

1: a workman in a mill or factory [syn: {mill-hand}]

1: produced in quantity at a factory [ant: {homemade}]

1: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

1: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: {reproduction}, {procreation}, {breeding}]

1: of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: {actual}] 2: of or relati...

1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factualness}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]

1: as a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement"

1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factuality}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]

1: a bright spot on a planet 2: a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots [also: {faculae} (pl)]

{facula}

1: of or relating to the mental faculties 2: able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte" [ant: {obligate}] 3: granting a privi...

1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind [syn: {mental faculty}, {module}] 2: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire...

1: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academician}, {academic}]

1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]

1: a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity

1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddishly}]

1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddy}]

1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddily}]

1: a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddish}]

1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: {slice}, {slicing}] 2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}] v 1: become...

1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade out}]

1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade away}]

1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached}, {washed-out}, {washy}] 2: reduced in strengt...

1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {receding}] 2: a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances

1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: {attenuation}]

1: gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength

1: a sad Portuguese folksong

1: a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmos...

1: foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces [syn: {fecal}, {feculent}]

1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {feces}, {faeces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]

1: a take-home test in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers [syn: {fecal occult test}, {stool test}]

1: a hard mass of dried feces [syn: {coprolith}, {fecalith}, {stercolith}]

1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {faecal matter}, {feces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]

1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faery}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faery}]

1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faroes}, {Faeroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and ...

1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faeroe Islands}, {Faroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Icela...

1: a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroese}]

1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faerie}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faerie}]

1: (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd

1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {faggot}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [s...

1: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" [syn: {tail}, {tail end}] 2: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

1: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear down}, {...

1: chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus [syn: {family Fagaceae}, {beech family}]

1: an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae [syn: {order Fagales}]

{fag}

{fag}

1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: {fag...

1: bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" [syn: {faggot}, {fagot}]

1: a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens; "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets"

1: buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum [syn: {genus Fagopyrum}]

1: or member of genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour [syn: {buckwheat}, {Polygon...

1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: {fa...

1: beeches [syn: {genus Fagus}]

1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {red beech}, {Fagus grandifolia}]

1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {red beech}, {Fagus americana}]

1: variety of European beech with pendulous limbs [syn: {weeping beech}, {Fagus sylvatica pendula}]

1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves [syn: {copper beech}, {purple beech}, {Fagus sylvatica atropunicea}, {Fagus sylvatica purpurea}]

1: large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America [syn: {common beech}, {European beech}]