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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

false wintergreen
Pyrola americana noun evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers

falsehood
falsity noun a false statement

falsely
adverb in an incorrect manner; `to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely`

falsetto
adjective artificially high; above the normal voice range; `a falsetto voice`

falsie
noun padding that is worn inside a brassiere

falsification
falsehood noun the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falsification
disproof noun the act of determining that something is false

falsifier
noun someone who falsifies

falsify
distort verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

falsifying
disproof noun the act of determining that something is false

falsity
falseness noun the state of being false or untrue; `argument could not determine its truth or falsity`

Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff noun a dissolute character in Shakespeare`s plays

Falstaffian
adjective of or resembling Falstaff

falter
verb be unsure or weak; `Their enthusiasm is faltering`

falter
bumble verb walk unsteadily; `The drunk man stumbled about`

faltering
adjective unsteady in speech or action

falun gong
noun a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices

fame
renown noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

familial
genetic adjective tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; `an inherited disease`; `familial traits`; `genetically transmitted features`

familial hypercholesterolemia
noun congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis

familiar
adjective well known or easily recognized; `a familiar figure`; `familiar songs`; `familiar guests`

familiarity
impropriety noun an act of undue intimacy

familiarization
familiarisation noun the experience of becoming familiar with something

familiarize
familiarise verb make familiar or acquainted; `you should acquaint yourself with your new computer`; `We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings`

familiarizing
familiarising adjective serving to make familiar

familiarly
adverb in an intimately familiar manner; `Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group`

family
family unit noun primary social group; parents and children; `he wanted to have a good job before starting a family`

family
house 5 home noun a social unit living together; `he moved his family to Virginia`; `It was a good Christian household`; `I waited until the whole house was asleep`; `the teacher asked how many people made up his home`

family Bible
noun a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births

family business
noun a corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a single family

family court
domestic relations court noun a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

family doctor
noun a general practitioner who treats all the family members

family history
noun part of a patient`s medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases

family line
folk 2 kinfolk noun people descended from a common ancestor; `his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower`

family man
noun a man whose family is of major importance in his life

family practice
family medicine noun medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit

family room
noun a recreation room in a private house

family therapy
noun any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole

famine
noun a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

famished
ravenous adjective extremely hungry; `they were tired and famished for food and sleep`; `a ravenous boy`; `the family was starved and ragged`; `fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy`

famotidine
Pepcid noun a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux

famously
adverb in a manner or to an extent that is well known; `in his famously anecdotal style`

famulus
noun a close attendant (as to a scholar)

fan
noun a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

fan
verb separate the chaff from by using air currents; `She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field`

fan belt
noun a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator

fan blade
noun blade of a rotating fan

fan dance
noun a solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakedness

fan letter
noun a letter that is a piece of fan mail

fan mail
noun mail sent to public figures from their admirers; `he hired someone to answer his fan mail`

fan palm
noun palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves

fan tracery
noun the carved tracery on fan vaulting

fan vaulting
noun an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans

fan-leaved
fan-leafed adjective having fan-shaped leaves

fan-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a fan

fanaloka
Fossa fossa noun civet of Madagascar

fanatic
fanatical adjective marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; `rabid isolationist`

fanatically
adverb in a passionately fanatic manner; `he followed the teachings of his guru fanatically`

fanaticism
fanatism noun excessive intolerance of opposing views

fancied up
gussied adjective with superficial adornments added; `all gussied up in sequins and feathers`

fancier
noun a person having a strong liking for something

fanciful
imaginary adjective not based on fact; dubious; `the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties`- F.D.Roosevelt; `a small child`s imaginary friends`; `her imagined fame`; `to create a notional world for oneself`

fancifully
whimsically adverb in a fanciful manner; `the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated`

fancify
beautify verb make more beautiful

Fanconi`s anemia
Fanconi`s anaemia noun a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow

fancy
adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented; `fancy handwriting`; `fancy clothes`

fancy
partiality noun a predisposition to like something; `he had a fondness for whiskey`

fancy dress
masquerade noun a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

fancy goods
noun goods that are chiefly ornamental

fancy-free
adjective having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree; `a fancy-free bachelor`

fandango
noun a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

fandom
noun the fans of a sport or famous person

fanfare
noun (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; `he entered to a flourish of trumpets`; `her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare`

fang
noun hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison

fang-like
adjective resembling a fang

fanged
adjective having fangs

fanion
noun a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position

fanjet
fan-jet noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust

fanlight
noun a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan

fanlike
adjective resembling a fan

fanned
spread-out(a) adjective especially spread in a fan shape; `the peacock`s fanned tail`; `the spread-out cards`

Fannie Farmer
Fannie Merritt Farmer noun an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)

Fanny Adams
noun nautical term for tinned meat

fanny pack
butt pack noun a waist pack worn with the pouch in back

fantail
noun an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

fantan
fan tan noun a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)

fantan
parliament noun a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

fantasia
noun a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes

fantasist
noun a creator of fantasies

fantast
futurist noun someone who predicts the future

fantastic
fantastical adjective existing in fancy only; `fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel`- Nathaniel Hawthorne

fantastic
adjective exceedingly or unbelievably great; `the bomb did fantastic damage`; `Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength`; `phenomenaRl feats of memory`

fantasy
phantasy noun imagination unrestricted by reality; `a schoolgirl fantasy`

fantasy life
phantasy life noun an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world

fantasy world
phantasy world noun something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)

fantods
noun an ill-defined state of irritability and distress

fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana noun common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers

FAQ
noun a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers

far
adjective beyond a norm in opinion or actions; `the far right`

far and wide
far and near adverb over great areas or distances; everywhere; `he traveled far and wide`; `the news spread far and wide`; `people came from far and near`; `searched for the child far and near`