Glossary · Nouns · F
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Faminenouna severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and deathverified
Famishmentnouna state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged periodverified
Famotidinenouna histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal refluxverified
Fan BeltnounMWEa belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiatorverified
Fan DancenounMWEa solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakednessverified
Fancy MannounMWEsomeone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)verified
Fanjetnouna jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrustverified
Fanjet EnginenounMWEa jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrustverified
Fanlightnouna window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the doorverified
Fantailnounan overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a shipverified
Fantannouna card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevensverified
Fantasianouna musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themesverified
Fantasy WorldnounMWEsomething existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)verified
Fanwortnouncommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowersverified
Faqnouna list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answersverified
Faradnounthe capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the platesverified
Farfallenounpasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tieverified
Farm ClubnounMWEa minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)verified
Farm TeamnounMWEa minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)verified
Farmer's CalendarnounMWEan annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given yearverified
Farmer's LungnounMWEalveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hayverified
Faronouna card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing boxverified
Farsightednessnouna reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45verified
Fartleknouna method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exerciseverified
Fascianouna sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etcverified