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Fisherman's LurenounMWE(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathersverified
Fisheye LensnounMWEa camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length)verified
Fishing ExpeditionnounMWEan investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering informationverified
Fishing LicencenounMWEa license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of timeverified
Fishing LicensenounMWEa license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of timeverified
Fishing LinenounMWEa length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attachedverified
Fishing PermitnounMWEa license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of timeverified
Fishing PolenounMWEa rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing lineverified
Fishing RodnounMWEa rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing lineverified
Fishpole BamboonounMWEsmall bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when youngverified
Fission BombnounMWEa nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)verified
Fissure of RolandonounMWEa brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheresverified
Fitted OutadjectiveMWEfurnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupationcandidate
Fitted SheetnounMWEa sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattressverified
Five Spice PowdernounMWEChinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamonverified
Five-Fingered Maidenhair FernnounMWEhardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipesverified
Five-Flowered GentiannounMWEgentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowersverified
Five-Point Bishop's CapnounMWEsmall plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemesverified
Fixed ChargenounMWEa periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)verified
Fixed COMSEC FacilitynounMWECOMSEC facility located in an immobile structure or aboard a ship.verified
Fixed CostnounMWEa periodic charge that does not vary with business volume, for example insurance, rent, and mortgage paymentsverified
Fixed IntonationnounMWEthe intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performerverified
Fixed Investment TrustnounMWEan investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organizedverified
Fixed PhagocytenounMWEa phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.verified
Fixed StoragenounMWE(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changedverified
Fixed-Cycle OperationnounMWEan operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cyclesverified
Fixed-Point NotationnounMWEa radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by conventionverified
Fixed-Width FontnounMWEa typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)verified
Fixing AgentnounMWEa chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)verified
Flaccid BladdernounMWEa urinary bladder disorder resulting from interruption of the reflex arc normally associated with voiding urineverified
Flaccid ParalysisnounMWEweakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the musclesverified
Flack CatchernounMWEa slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerverified
Flag of TrucenounMWEflag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truceverified
Flag Smut FungusnounMWEa smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of sporesverified
Flag StopnounMWEa small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signalverified
Flagellate ProtozoannounMWEa usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendagesverified
Flagellated ProtozoannounMWEa usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendagesverified
Flak CatchernounMWEa slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerverified
Flamboyant TreenounMWEtropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowersverified
Flame BushnounMWEAustralian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowersverified
Flame FlowernounMWEplant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axilverified
Flame NettlenounMWEany of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowersverified
Flame PeanounMWEany of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowersverified
Flame TreenounMWEa terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowersverified