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Faggotingnounembroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitchesverified
Fagotingnounembroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitchesverified
Fail SafenounMWEAutomatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.Control
Fail SoftnounMWESelective termination of affected nonessential processing when hardware or software failure is determined to be imminent.Control
FailovernounThe capability to switch over automatically (typically without human intervention or warning) to a redundant or standby information system upon the failure or abnormal termination of the previously active system.Capability
Failure AccessnounMWEType of incident in which unauthorized access to data results from hardware or software failure.EventRegulated
Failure ControlnounMWEMethodology used to detect imminent hardware or software failure and provide fail safe or fail soft recovery.Control
Fair BallnounMWE(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing fieldverified
Fair CatchnounMWE(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackledverified
Fair GamenounMWEa person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influenceverified
Fair HearingnounMWEa hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)verified
Fair TradenounMWEtrade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producersverified
Fair UsenounMWEthe conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royaltiesverified
Fair-Trade ActnounMWEformerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandiseverified
Fairleadnouna pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafingverified
Fairness CommissionnounMWEa commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing viewsverified
Fairness MetricnounMWEA mathematical definition of “fairness” that is measurable. Some commonly used fairness metrics include: equalized odds predictive parity counterfactual fairness demographic parity Many fairness metrics are mutually exclusive; see incompatibility of fairness metrics.Metric
Fairway Crested Wheat GrassnounMWEEurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion controlverified
Fairy ArmadillonounMWEvery small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neckverified
Fairy BellnounMWEtall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowersverified
Fairy CirclenounMWEa ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the myceliumverified
Fairy CupnounMWEmiterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowersverified
Fairy GodmothernounMWEa female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroineverified
Fairy LanternnounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowersverified
Fairy RingnounMWEa ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the myceliumverified
Fairy ShrimpnounMWEsmall freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendagesverified
Fairy SwallownounMWEfancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feetverified
Fairy-Slippernounrare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leafverified
Falanganouna form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgelsverified
Falciform LigamentnounMWEa ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wallverified
Fallboardnounthe hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being playedverified
False AcceptancenounMWEIn biometrics, the instance of a security system incorrectly verifying or identifying an unauthorized person. It typically is considered the most serious of biometric security errors as it gives unauthorized users access to systems that expressly are trying to keep them out.VulnerabilityRegulated
False Acceptance RatenounMWEThe measure of the likelihood that the biometric security system will incorrectly accept an access attempt by an unauthorized user. A system’s false acceptance rate typically is stated as the ratio of the number of false acceptances divided by the number of identification attempts.Metric
False AlumrootnounMWEplant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemesverified
False AsphodelnounMWEa plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowersverified