famine
         n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: {dearth}, {famine},
               {shortage}]
         2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting
            in violent hunger and starvation and death

English Dictionary: famine	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanion n a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fannie Mae n a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages Synonym(s): Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae, FNMA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Feynman n United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988) Synonym(s): Feynman, Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finnan n haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter Synonym(s): finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foeman n an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" Synonym(s): enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Famine \Fam"ine\, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr.       [?][?][?][?][?] want, need, Skr. h[be]ni loss, lack, h[be] to       leave.]       General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;       destitution. [bd]Worn with famine.[b8] --Milton.                   There was a famine in the land.               --Gen. xxvi.                                                                               1.          {Famine fever} (Med.), typhus fever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fanion \Fan"ion\, n. [See {Fanon}.]       1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the             baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]          2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fanon \Fan"on\, n. [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner       cloth, G. fahne banner. See {Vane}, and cf. {Fanion},       {Gonfalon}.] (Eccl.)       A term applied to various articles, as:       (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by             eastern bishops.       (b) A maniple. [Written also {fannel}, {phanon}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feminye \Fem"i*nye\, n. [OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex,       realm of women.]       The people called Amazons. [Obs.] [bd][The reign of]       feminye.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fenian \Fe"ni*an\, a.       Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fenian \Fe"ni*an\, n. [From the Finians or Fenii, the old       militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin or Finn,       Fionn, or Fingal, a popular hero of Irish traditional       history.]       A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of       Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule       in ireland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[omac]"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Foemen} (-m[eit]n).       [AS. f[amac]hman.]       An enemy in war.                   And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy                of their steel.                                       --Sir W. Scott
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foeman \Foe"man\ (f[omac]"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Foemen} (-m[eit]n).       [AS. f[amac]hman.]       An enemy in war.                   And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy                of their steel.                                       --Sir W. Scott
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Famine       The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel       Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is       mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him       to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But the most remarkable of all       was that which arose in Egypt in the days of Joseph, which       lasted for seven years (Gen. 41-45).                Famines were sent as an effect of God's anger against a guilty       people (2 Kings 8:1, 2; Amos 8:11; Deut. 28:22-42; 2 Sam. 21:1;       2 Kings 6:25-28; 25:3; Jer. 14:15; 19:9; 42:17, etc.). A famine       was predicted by Agabus (Acts 11:28). Josephus makes mention of       the famine which occurred A.D. 45. Helena, queen of Adiabene,       being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from Alexandria       and figs from Cyprus for its poor inhabitants.