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Fiddler CrabnounMWEburrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the maleverified
Fidelitynounaccuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signalverified
Fiduciary DutynounMWEthe legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiaryverified
Fiduciary RelationnounMWEthe legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matterverified
Field ArtillerynounMWEmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)verified
Field BalmnounMWEtrailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging basketsverified
Field BeannounMWEOld World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodderverified
Field CoilnounMWEthe electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machineverified
Field CropnounMWEa crop, other than fruits or vegetables, that is grown for agricultural purposesverified
Field EmissionnounMWEthe emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric fieldverified
Field GeneralnounMWE(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his teamverified
Field GuidenounMWEa guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the fieldverified
Field GunnounMWEmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)verified
Field IntensitynounMWEthe vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the fieldverified
Field LensnounMWEthe lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lensverified
Field LupinenounMWEwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlverified
Field MousenounMWEany of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadowsverified
Field of FirenounMWEthe area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given positionverified
Field of ForcenounMWEthe space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with itverified
Field of RegardnounMWEall of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given momentverified
Field of VisionnounMWEall of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given momentverified
Field PeanounMWEvariety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forageverified
Field Press CensorshipnounMWEsecurity review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forcesverified
Field SandburnounMWEgrass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly bursverified
Field SpanielnounMWElarge usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coatverified
Field StrengthnounMWEthe vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the fieldverified
Field TestnounMWEa test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be usedverified
Field TheorynounMWE(physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fieldsverified
Field TrialnounMWEa test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be usedverified
Field TripnounMWEa group excursion for firsthand examination, usually by children for education purposesverified
Field WindingnounMWEthe electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machineverified
Field WorknounMWEan investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquartersverified
Field-Effect TransistornounMWEa transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric fieldverified
Field-Emission MicroscopenounMWEelectron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solidverified
Field-Grade OfficernounMWEan officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonelverified
Field-Pea PlantnounMWEvariety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forageverified
Field-Sequential Color TelevisionnounMWEan early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colorsverified
Field-Sequential Color Television SystemnounMWEan early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colorsverified
Field-Sequential Color TVnounMWEan early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colorsverified
Field-Sequential Color TV SystemnounMWEan early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colorsverified
Fielder's ChoicenounMWEa play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batterverified