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   fat embolism
         n 1: serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can
               enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if
               adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver

English Dictionary: fatten up by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fathomable
adj
  1. (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth
    Synonym(s): fathomable, plumbable, soundable
    Antonym(s): unfathomable
  2. (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatten up
v
  1. make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
    Synonym(s): fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
food hamper
n
  1. a hamper for packing and transporting food
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fathomable \Fath"om*a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being fathomed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.]
      1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a
            porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ
            or part of the body.
  
      2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a
            body. --Addison.
  
                     Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities.
                                                                              --Kirwan.
  
      {Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}.
  
      {Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
      Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
      gross; as, a fatty substance.
  
      {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
            monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
            called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
            acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
            fatlike substances.
  
      {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}.
  
      {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
            the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
            so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
            efficient parts of these organs.
  
      {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
            etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
            or infiltration.
  
      {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an
            excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
            destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
  
      {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
            tissue; lipoma.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fatumafuti, AS (village, FIPS 32900)
      Location: 14.30028 S, 170.67277 W
      Population (1990): 81 (11 housing units)
      Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
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