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financial transactionnounMWEAn event or agreement carried out between a buyer and a seller to exchange an asset for payment.verified
Finder's FeenounMWEa fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposesverified
Finding of FactnounMWE(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decisionverified
Fine PrintnounMWEthe part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small typeverified
Fine StructurenounMWEthe presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elementsverified
Finger CymbalsnounMWEa percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the danceverified
Finger MilletnounMWEEast Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orientverified
Finger PlatenounMWEa flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingersverified
Finger ScannounMWEbiometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronicallyverified
Finger ScanningnounMWEbiometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronicallyverified
Finishing SchoolnounMWEa private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activitiesverified
FIPS PUBnounMWEAn acronym for Federal Information Processing Standards Publication. FIPS publications (PUB) are issued by NIST after approval by the Secretary of Commerce.verified
FIPS-Approved Security MethodnounMWEA security method (e.g., cryptographic algorithm, cryptographic key generation algorithm or key distribution technique, random number generator, authentication technique, or evaluation criteria) that is either a) specified in a FIPS, or b) adopted in a FIPS.verified
FIPS-Validated CryptographynounMWEA cryptographic module validated by the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) to meet the requirements specified in FIPS Publication 1403 (as amended). As a prerequisite to CMVP validation, the cryptographic module is required to employ a cryptographic algorithm implementation that has successfully passed validation testing by the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP). See NSA-approved cryptography .verified
Fire AntnounMWEomnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful stingverified
Fire BrigadenounMWEa private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight firesverified
Fire CodenounMWEset of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etcverified
Fire CompanynounMWEa private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight firesverified
Fire Control RadarnounMWEnaval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military targetverified
Fire Control SystemnounMWEnaval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military targetverified
Fire DepartmentnounMWEthe department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing firesverified
Fire DrillnounMWEan exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fireverified
Fire EnginenounMWEany of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fireverified
Fire EscapenounMWEa stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergencyverified
Fire MarshallnounMWEan official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of firesverified
Fire PinknounMWEperennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petalsverified
Fire SalenounMWEa sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcyverified
Fire ScreennounMWEa metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)verified
Fire ShipnounMWEa weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy shipsverified
Fire ThornnounMWEany of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berriesverified
Fire TreenounMWEa terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowersverified
Fire TrucknounMWEany of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fireverified
Fire WardennounMWEan official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forestverified
Fire WatchernounMWEsomeone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air during World War IIverified
Fire WatchingnounMWE(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the skyverified