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Front-Porch CampaignnounMWEa campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travelverified
Front-Porch CampaigningnounMWEa campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travelverified
Frontage RoadnounMWEa local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to propertyverified
Frontal BonenounMWEthe large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbitsverified
Frontal CortexnounMWEthat part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the foreheadverified
Frontal GyrusnounMWEany of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrumverified
Frontal LobenounMWEthat part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the foreheadverified
Frontal LobotomynounMWEsurgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brainverified
Frontal SuturenounMWEthe suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)verified
Frontbenchernouna member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition partyverified
Frontiernounan international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundaryverified
Frost FishnounMWElong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teethverified
Frost-Weednounperennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowersverified
Frostbitenoundestruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangreneverified
Frostwortnounperennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowersverified
Frozen MetaphornounMWEa metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')verified
Frozen PuddingnounMWEa chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquorverified
Fructificationnounorgans of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)verified
Fruit BarnounMWEcookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in barsverified
Fruit MachinenounMWEa coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dialsverified
Fruit of the Poisonous TreenounMWEa rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be usedverified
Fruit PunchnounMWEa punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol)verified
Fruitwoodnounwood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetworkverified
Frustrationnounthe feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goalsverified
Fry BreadnounMWEusually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda breadverified
Fuchsianounany of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowersverified
Fudge FactornounMWEa quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measureverified
Fuel Consumption RatenounMWEthe ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burnedverified
Fuel FilternounMWEa filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuelverified