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Forward PassernounMWE(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward passverified
Forward ProxynounMWEForward Proxies are designed to be the server through which all requests are made.verified
Fossil FuelnounMWEfuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen contentverified
Foster CarenounMWEsupervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute homeverified
Foster HomenounMWEa household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)verified
Foul BallnounMWE(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing fieldverified
Foul LinenounMWElines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball fieldverified
Foul-Weather GearnounMWEprotective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weatherverified
Foundation GarmentnounMWEa woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the bodyverified
Foundling HospitalnounMWEa hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared forverified
Fountain of YouthnounMWEa fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young againverified
Four O'clocknounMWEany of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoonverified
Four-Footed ButterflynounMWEmedium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breastverified
Four-Letter Anglo-Saxon WordnounMWEany of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensiveverified
Four-Letter WordnounMWEany of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensiveverified
Four-Part HarmonynounMWEharmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic linesverified
Four-Stroke EnginenounMWEan internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second strokeverified
Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion EnginenounMWEan internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second strokeverified
Four-Tailed BandagenounMWEa bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both endsverified
Four-Wheel DrivenounMWEa transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicleverified
Fourfold Point CorrelationnounMWEan index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)verified
Fourth Cranial NervenounMWEeither of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyesverified
Fourth DimensionnounMWEthe fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical eventverified
Fourth VentriclenounMWEan irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cordverified
Fovea CentralisnounMWEarea consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acuteverified
Fowl CholeranounMWEan acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemiaverified
Fox GrapenounMWEpurplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the fleshverified
Fox SharknounMWElarge pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feedverified
Foxtail BarleynounMWEbarley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awnsverified
Foxtail GrassnounMWEgrasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikesverified
Foxtail MilletnounMWEcoarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United Statesverified
Foxtail OrchidnounMWEany of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical racemeverified
Fractional Monetary UnitnounMWEa monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unitverified
Fractional ProcessnounMWEa process that uses heat to separate a substance into its componentsverified
Fragile FernnounMWEdelicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stemsverified
Fragment OffsetnounMWEThe fragment offset field tells the sender where a particular fragment falls in relation to other fragments in the original larger packet.verified
Fragment Overlap AttacknounMWEA TCP/IP Fragmentation Attack that is possible because IP allows packets to be broken down into fragments for more efficient transport across various media. The TCP packet (and its header) are carried in the IP packet. In this attack the second fragment contains incorrect offset. When packet is reconstructed, the port number will be overwritten.verified
Fragmentation BombnounMWEa bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragmentsverified
Fragrant AgrimonynounMWEfragrant European perennial herb found at woodland margins on moist soilsverified
Fragrant BedstrawnounMWEOld World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachetsverified
Fragrant OrchidnounMWEEuropean orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spursverified
Fragrant Shield FernnounMWEfern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant frondsverified
Fragrant SumacnounMWEsweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruitsverified
Fragrant Water LilynounMWEa water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the waterverified
Fragrant WoodsianounMWEa common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate frondsverified
Frame BuffernounMWE(computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixelverified
Frame of ReferencenounMWEa system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaningverified
Frame relaynounMWEA high-performance wide area network protocol that operates at the physical and data link layers of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model. Frame Relay is an example of a packet-switched technology. Packet-switched networks enable end stations to dynamically share the network medium and the available bandwidth. Frame relay uses existing T-1 and T-3 lines and provides connection speeds from 56 Kbps to T-1.verified