F
         n 1: a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature [syn:
               {degree Fahrenheit}, {F}]
         2: a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens;
            usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful
            oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or
            fluorapatite [syn: {fluorine}, {F}, {atomic number 9}]
         3: the 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 plates [syn: {farad}, {F}]
         4: the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {F}, {f}]

English Dictionary: FÜR	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fa n the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FAA n an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation Synonym(s): Federal Aviation Agency, FAA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FAE n a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below Synonym(s): fuel-air explosive, FAE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FAO n the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture Synonym(s): Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fay n a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers Synonym(s): fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FBI n a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice Synonym(s): Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fe n a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood Synonym(s): iron, Fe, atomic number 26
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fee n a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services an interest in land capable of being inherited v give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" Synonym(s): tip, fee, bung
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
few adj a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle" Antonym(s): many n a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fey adj slightly insane Synonym(s): fey, touched(p) suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown Synonym(s): elfin, fey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FHA n the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages Synonym(s): Federal Housing Administration, FHA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
FO n an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel Synonym(s): field-grade officer, field officer, FO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foe 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 a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" Synonym(s): foe, enemy Antonym(s): ally, friend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
F \F\ ([ecr]f).       1. F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a             nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin.             The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma [?],             which probably had the value of English w consonant. The             form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph[d2]nician,             the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.             Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and             b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr.             ly`kos; E. fox, vixen; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v.             t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation,             [sect][sect] 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.          2. (Mus.) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or             scale of C. F sharp (F [sharp]) is a tone intermediate             between F and G.          {F clef}, the bass clef. See under {Clef}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fa \Fa\ (f[aum]), n. [It.] (Mus.)             (a) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic                   scale in solmization.             (b) The tone F.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawe \Fawe\, a. [See {Fain}.]       Fain; glad; delighted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f[82]e. See {Fate}, and cf. {Fairy}.]       A fairy; an elf. [bd]Yellow-skirted fays.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See {Faith}.]       Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fay \Fay\ (f[be]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {fayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Faying}.] [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f[c7]gan to join,       unite; akin to OS. f[d3]gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G.       f[81]gen, Sw. foga. See {Fair}, and cf. {Fadge}.]       (Shipbuilding)       To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so       as to make the surface fit together.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding)       To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in,       into, with, or together.          {Faying surface}, that surface of an object which comes with             another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates,             angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a       sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw       or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F.       symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.]       1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything             which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by             resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation;             a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage;             the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.                         A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it                      represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to                      represent the whole, or a lower form or species used                      as the representative of a higher in the same kind.                                                                               --Coleridge.          2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an             operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.          Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the                numerical expression which defines its position                relatively to the assumed axes.          3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a             creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.          4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a             common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.             [Obs.]                         They do their work in the days of peace . . . and                      come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.                                                                               --Jer. Taylor.          5. Share; allotment. [Obs.]                         The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all                      appear to receive their symbol.         --Jer. Taylor.          6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an             element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin             or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with             a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium             (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum),             {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names             and symbols under {Element}.          Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not                only for the elements, but also for their grouping in                formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their                composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram                of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.          Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple,       and multiply.]       Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of       more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several,       or many, parts.          {Law of multiple proportion} (Chem.), the generalization that             when the same elements unite in more than one proportion,             forming two or more different compounds, the higher             proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple             multiplies of the lowest proportion, or the proportions             are connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and             oxygen unite in the proportions {FeO}, {Fe2O3}, {Fe3O4},             in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are             simple multiplies of 1. Called also the {Law of Dalton},             from its discoverer.          {Multiple algebra}, a branch of advanced mathematics that             treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more             unlike units.          {Multiple conjugation} (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells             (as where an indefinite number of am[d2]boid cells flow             together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper             and even fertilization may have been evolved.          {Multiple fruits}. (Bot.) See {Collective fruit}, under             {Collective}.          {Multiple star} (Astron.), several stars in close proximity,             which appear to form a single system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bower-Barff process \Bow"er-Barff" proc`ess\ . (Metal.)       A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or       steel an adherent coating of the magnetic oxide of iron       (which is not liable to corrosion by air, moisture, or       ordinary acids). This is accomplished by producing, by       oxidation at about 1600[deg] F. in a closed space, a coating       containing more or less of the ferric oxide ({Fe2O3}) and the       subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosphere to the       magnetic oxide ({Fe2O4}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferric \Fer"ric\, a. [L. ferrum iron: cf. F. ferrique. See       {Ferrous}.]       Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically       (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher       valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide;       ferric acid.          {Ferric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {H2FeO4}, which is not known             in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to             the chromates and sulphates.          {Ferric oxide} (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, {Fe2O3};             hematite. See {Hematite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bower-Barff process \Bow"er-Barff" proc`ess\ . (Metal.)       A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or       steel an adherent coating of the magnetic oxide of iron       (which is not liable to corrosion by air, moisture, or       ordinary acids). This is accomplished by producing, by       oxidation at about 1600[deg] F. in a closed space, a coating       containing more or less of the ferric oxide ({Fe2O3}) and the       subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosphere to the       magnetic oxide ({Fe2O4}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), a. [AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen. See       {Iron}, n.]       1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar,             dust.          2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.          3. Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of             endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:             (a) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.                               Iron years of wars and dangers.   --Rowe.                               Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.                                                                               --Pope.             (b) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.             (c) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.             (d) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.                   [bd]Him death's iron sleep oppressed.[b8] --Philips.          Note: Iron is often used in composition, denoting made of                iron, relating to iron, of or with iron; producing                iron, etc.; resembling iron, literally or figuratively,                in some of its properties or characteristics; as,                iron-shod, iron-sheathed, iron-fisted, iron-framed,                iron-handed, iron-hearted, iron foundry or                iron-foundry.          {Iron age}.             (a) (Myth.) The age following the golden, silver, and                   bronze ages, and characterized by a general                   degeneration of talent and virtue, and of literary                   excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is                   commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of                   Rome by the Goths, A. D. 410.             (b) (Arch[91]ol.) That stage in the development of any                   people characterized by the use of iron implements in                   the place of the more cumbrous stone and bronze.          {Iron cement}, a cement for joints, composed of cast-iron             borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc.          {Iron clay} (Min.), a yellowish clay containing a large             proportion of an ore of iron.          {Iron cross}, a Prussian order of military merit; also, the             decoration of the order.          {Iron crown}, a golden crown set with jewels, belonging             originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the             dominion of Italy. It was so called from containing a             circle said to have been forged from one of the nails in             the cross of Christ.          {Iron flint} (Min.), an opaque, flintlike, ferruginous             variety of quartz.          {Iron founder}, a maker of iron castings.          {Iron foundry}, the place where iron castings are made.          {Iron furnace}, a furnace for reducing iron from the ore, or             for melting iron for castings, etc.; a forge; a             reverberatory; a bloomery.          {Iron glance} (Min.), hematite.          {Iron hat}, a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat             with a broad brim, and used as armor during the Middle             Ages.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive engine. [Colloq.]          {Iron liquor}, a solution of an iron salt, used as a mordant             by dyers.          {Iron man} (Cotton Manuf.), a name for the self-acting             spinning mule.          {Iron} {mold [or] mould}, a yellow spot on cloth stained by             rusty iron.          {Iron ore} (Min.), any native compound of iron from which the             metal may be profitably extracted. The principal ores are             magnetite, hematite, siderite, limonite, G[94]thite,             turgite, and the bog and clay iron ores.          {Iron pyrites} (Min.), common pyrites, or pyrite. See             {Pyrites}.          {Iron sand}, an iron ore in grains, usually the magnetic iron             ore, formerly used to sand paper after writing.          {Iron scale}, the thin film which on the surface of wrought             iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of             the magnetic oxide of iron, {Fe3O4>}.          {Iron works}, a furnace where iron is smelted, or a forge,             rolling mill, or foundry, where it is made into heavy             work, such as shafting, rails, cannon, merchant bar, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnet \Mag"net\, n. [OE. magnete, OF. magnete, L. magnes,       -etis, Gr. [?] [?] a magnet, metal that looked like silver,       prop., Magnesian stone, fr. Gr. [?], a country in Thessaly.       Cf. {Magnesia}, {Manganese}.]       1. The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or             magnetic ore, {Fe3O4}) which has the property of             attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely             suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also             {natural magnet}.                         Dinocrates began to make the arched roof of the                      temple of Arsino[89] all of magnet, or this                      loadstone.                                          --Holland.                         Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to bliss, The                      larger loadstone that, the nearer this. --Dryden.          2. (Physics) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the             peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted;             -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an             {artificial magnet}.          Note: An artificial magnet, produced by the action of a                voltaic or electrical battery, is called an                {electro-magnet}.          {Field magnet} (Physics & Elec.), a magnet used for producing             and maintaining a magnetic field; -- used especially of             the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or             electromotor in distinction from that of the moving             portion or armature.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnetite \Mag"net*ite\, n. (Min.)       An oxide of iron ({Fe3O4}) occurring in isometric crystals,       also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is       readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses       polarity, being then called {loadstone}. It is an important       iron ore. Called also {magnetic iron}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple,       and multiply.]       Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of       more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several,       or many, parts.          {Law of multiple proportion} (Chem.), the generalization that             when the same elements unite in more than one proportion,             forming two or more different compounds, the higher             proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple             multiplies of the lowest proportion, or the proportions             are connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and             oxygen unite in the proportions {FeO}, {Fe2O3}, {Fe3O4},             in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are             simple multiplies of 1. Called also the {Law of Dalton},             from its discoverer.          {Multiple algebra}, a branch of advanced mathematics that             treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more             unlike units.          {Multiple conjugation} (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells             (as where an indefinite number of am[d2]boid cells flow             together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper             and even fertilization may have been evolved.          {Multiple fruits}. (Bot.) See {Collective fruit}, under             {Collective}.          {Multiple star} (Astron.), several stars in close proximity,             which appear to form a single system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin       to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,       Dan. ski[91]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,       shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps       rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. [82]caille scale of a       fish, and [82]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of       German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See       {Shale}.]       1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny             pieces which form the covering of many fishes and             reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part             of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See {Cycloid},             {Ctenoid}, and {Ganoid}.                         Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, Glide                      under the green wave.                        --Milton.          2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,             resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a             scale of iron, of bone, etc.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the small scalelike structures covering             parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of             Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of             certain annelids. See {Lepidoptera}.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A scale insect. (See below.)          5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,             resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in             arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and             the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems             of ferns.          6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a             pocketknife. See Illust. of {Pocketknife}.          7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which             water is heated, as a steam boiler.          8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron             forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,             {Fe3O4}. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.          {Covering scale} (Zo[94]l.), a hydrophyllium.          {Ganoid scale}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ganoid}.          {Scale armor} (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales             overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.          {Scale beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the tiger beetle.          {Scale carp} (Zo[94]l.), a carp having normal scales.          {Scale insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             small hemipterous insects belonging to the family             {Coccid[91]}, in which the females, when adult, become             more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the             leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do             great damage to fruit trees. See {Orange scale},under             {Orange}.          {Scale moss} (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order             {Hepatic[91]}; -- so called from the small imbricated             scalelike leaves of most of the species. See {Hepatica},             2, and {Jungermannia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fee \Fee\ (f[emac]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property,       money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of       [bd]property, money,[b8] arising from cattle being used in       early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property       chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle,       property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel.       f[emac] cattle, property, money, Goth. fa[a1]hu, L. pecus       cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa[cced]u cattle, perh.       orig., [bd]a fastened or tethered animal,[b8] from a root       signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf.       OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the       same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. [root]249.       Cf. {Feud}, {Fief}, {Fellow}, {Pecuniary}.]       1. property; possession; tenure. [bd]Laden with rich fee.[b8]             --Spenser.                         Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be             rendered; especially, payment for professional services,             of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge;             pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians;             the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage             fees, etc.                         To plead for love deserves more fee than hate.                                                                               --Shak.          3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a             stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so             held; a fief.          4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held             either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and             absolutely vested in the owner.          Note: All the land in England, except the crown land, is of                this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land                which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who                are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by                fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a                qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence                of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee                tail, which is limited to particular heirs.                --Blackstone.          5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the             owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and             simply, without condition attached to the tenure.          {Fee estate} (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in             consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered             to the lord.          {Fee farm} (Law), land held of another in fee, in             consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty,             or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment;             an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent.             --Blackstone.          {Fee farm rent} (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a             conveyance in fee simple.          {Fee fund} (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the             clerks and other court officers are paid.          {Fee simple} (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions             or limits.                         Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a                      quarter.                                             --Shak.          {Fee tail} (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and             restrained to some particular heirs. --Burill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fee \Fee\ (f[emac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feed} (f[emac]d); p.       pr. & vb. n. {Feeing}.]       To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to       recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.                   The patient . . . fees the doctor.         --Dryden.                   There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a                servant feed.                                          --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple,       and multiply.]       Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of       more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several,       or many, parts.          {Law of multiple proportion} (Chem.), the generalization that             when the same elements unite in more than one proportion,             forming two or more different compounds, the higher             proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple             multiplies of the lowest proportion, or the proportions             are connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and             oxygen unite in the proportions {FeO}, {Fe2O3}, {Fe3O4},             in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are             simple multiplies of 1. Called also the {Law of Dalton},             from its discoverer.          {Multiple algebra}, a branch of advanced mathematics that             treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more             unlike units.          {Multiple conjugation} (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells             (as where an indefinite number of am[d2]boid cells flow             together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper             and even fertilization may have been evolved.          {Multiple fruits}. (Bot.) See {Collective fruit}, under             {Collective}.          {Multiple star} (Astron.), several stars in close proximity,             which appear to form a single system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feu \Feu\, n. [See 2d {Feud}, and {Fee}.] (Scots Law)       A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service       to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place       of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.       --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Few \Few\ (f[umac]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; superl. {Fewest}.]       [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe[a0], pl. fe[a0]we; akin to OS.       f[be]h, OHG. f[omac] fao, Icel. f[be]r, Sw. f[86], pl., Dan.       faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.       {Paucity}.]       Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --       indicating a small portion of units or individuals       constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few       people. [bd]Are not my days few?[b8] --Job x. 20.                   Few know and fewer care.                        --Proverb.          Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.          {A few}, a small number.          {In few}, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.          {No few}, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.          {The few}, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the             majority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fey \Fey\, n. [See {Fay} faith.]       Faith. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fey \Fey\, v. t. [Cf. {Feague}.]       To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] --Tusser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fey \Fey\, a. [AS. f[?]ga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.]       Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fie \Fie\, interj. [OE. fi; cf. D. fif. G. pfui, Icel. f[?], Sw.       & Dan. fy, F. fi, L. fi, phy.]       An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See {Fy}.       --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fo \Fo\, n.       The Chinese name of Buddha.
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Foe \Foe\, v. t.       To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Foe \Foe\ (f[omac]), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. f[amac]h hostile; prob.       akin to E. fiend. [root]81. See {Fiend}, and cf. {Feud} a       quarrel.]       1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or             malice, against another; an enemy.                         A man's foes shall be they of his own household.                                                                               --Matt. x. 36          2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.          3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary;             an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.                         A foe to received doctrines.               --I. Watts
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Foh \Foh\, interj. [Cf. {Faugh}.]       An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle. --Shak.
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Foy \Foy\, n. [F. foi, old spelling foy, faith. See {Faith}.]       1. Faith; allegiance; fealty. [Obs.] --Spenser.          2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.]                         He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of                      his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day. --Pepys.
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Fu \Fu\, n. [Chin.]       A department in China comprising several hsein; also, the       chief city of a department; -- often forming the last part of       a name; as, Paoting-fu.
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-fy \-fy\ [Through French verbs in -fier, L. -ficare, akin to       facere to do, make. See {Fact}.]       A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify,       amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.
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Fy \Fy\, interj. [See {Fie}, interj.]       A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation,       abhorrence, or contempt. See {Fie}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-fy \-fy\ [Through French verbs in -fier, L. -ficare, akin to       facere to do, make. See {Fact}.]       A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify,       amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fy \Fy\, interj. [See {Fie}, interj.]       A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation,       abhorrence, or contempt. See {Fie}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fay, OK       Zip code(s): 73646
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
foo /foo/   1. interj. Term of disgust.   2. [very common] Used    very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp.    programs and files (esp. scratch files).   3. First on the standard    list of {metasyntactic variable}s used in syntax examples.   See also    {bar}, {baz}, {qux}, {quux}, {corge}, {grault}, {garply}, {waldo},    {fred}, {plugh}, {xyzzy}, {thud}.          When `foo' is used in connection with `bar' it has generally    traced to the WWII-era Army slang acronym {FUBAR} (`Fucked Up Beyond    All Repair'), later modified to {foobar}.   Early versions of the    Jargon File interpreted this change as a post-war bowdlerization,    but it it now seems more likely that FUBAR was itself a derivative    of `foo' perhaps influenced by German `furchtbar' (terrible) -    `foobar' may actually have been the _original_ form.          For, it seems, the word `foo' itself had an immediate prewar    history in comic strips and cartoons.   The earliest documented uses    were in the "Smokey Stover" comic strip popular in the 1930s, which    frequently included the word "foo".   Bill Holman, the author of the    strip, filled it with odd jokes and personal contrivances, including    other nonsense phrases such as "Notary Sojac" abd "1506 nix nix".    According to the Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion    (ttp://www.spumco.com/magazine/eowbcc/) Holman claimed to have found    the word "foo" on the bottom of a Chinese figurine.   This is    plausible; Chinese statuettes often have apotropaic inscriptions,    and this may have been the Chinese word `fu' (sometimes    transliterated `foo'), which can mean "happiness" when spoken with    the proper tone (the lion-dog guardians flanking the steps of many    Chinese restaurants are properly called "fu dogs").   English    speakers' reception of Holman's `foo' nonsense word was undoubtedly    influenced by Yiddish `feh' and English `fooey' and `fool'.          Holman's strip featured a firetruck called the Foomobile that rode    on two wheels.   The comic strip was tremendously popular in the    late 1930s, and legend has it that a manufacturer in Indiana even    produced an operable version of Holman's Foomobile.   According to    the Encyclopedia of American Comics, `Foo' fever swept the U.S.,    finding its way into popular songs and generating over 500 `Foo    Clubs.'   The fad left `foo' references embedded in popular culture    (including a couple of appearances in Warner Brothers cartoons of    1938-39) but with their origins rapidly forgotten.          One place they are known to have remained live is in the U.S.    military during the WWII years.   In 1944-45, the term `foo fighters'    was in use by radar operators for the kind of mysterious or spurious    trace that would later be called a UFO (the older term resurfaced in       popular American usage in 1995 via the name of one of the better    grunge-rock bands).   Informants connected the term to the Smokey    Stover strip.          The U.S. and British militaries frequently swapped slang terms    during the war (see {kluge} and {kludge} for another important    example) Period sources reported that `FOO' became a semi-legendary    subject of WWII British-army graffiti more or less equivalent to the    American Kilroy.   Where British troops went, the graffito "FOO was    here" or something similar showed up.   Several slang dictionaries    aver that FOO probably came from Forward Observation Officer, but    this (like the contemporaneous "FUBAR") was probably a {backronym} .    Forty years later, Paul Dickson's excellent book "Words" (Dell,    1982, ISBN 0-440-52260-7) traced "Foo" to an unspecified British    naval magazine in 1946, quoting as follows: "Mr. Foo is a mysterious    Second World War product, gifted with bitter omniscience and    sarcasm."          Earlier versions of this entry suggested the possibility that    hacker usage actually sprang from "FOO, Lampoons and Parody", the    title of a comic book first issued in September 1958, a joint    project of Charles and Robert Crumb.   Though Robert Crumb (then in    his mid-teens) later became one of the most important and    influential artists in underground comics, this venture was hardly a    success; indeed, the brothers later burned most of the existing    copies in disgust.   The title FOO was featured in large letters on    the front cover.   However, very few copies of this comic actually    circulated, and students of Crumb's `oeuvre' have established that    this title was a reference to the earlier Smokey Stover comics.   The    Crumbs may also have been influenced by a short-lived Canadian    parody magazine named `Foo' published in 1951-52.          An old-time member reports that in the 1959 "Dictionary of the    TMRC Language", compiled at {TMRC}, there was an entry that went    something like this:          FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase "FOO MANE PADME       HUM."   Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning.          (For more about the legendary foo counters, see {TMRC}.)   This    definition used Bill Holman's nonsense word, only then two decades    old and demonstrably still live in popular culture and slang, to a    {ha ha only serious} analogy with esoteric Tibetan Buddhism.    Today's hackers would find it difficulty to resist elaborating a joke    like that, and it would be hard to believe 1959's were any less    susceptible. Almost the entire staff of what later became the MIT AI    Lab was involved with TMRC, and the word spread from there.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
F2F          {face-to-face}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FEA          {finite element analysis}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FF          {form feed}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FFP          Formal FP.   A language similar to FP, but with regular       sugarless {syntax}, for machine execution.          See also {FL}.          ["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style?   A       Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus,       1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM 21(8):165-180 (Aug 1978)].          (1994-10-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fi          The {country code} for Finland.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fo          The {country code} for the Faroe Islands.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
foo          /foo/ A sample name for absolutely anything,       especially programs and files (especially {scratch files}).       First on the standard list of {metasyntactic variables} used       in {syntax} examples.   See also {bar}, {baz}, {qux}, {quux},       {corge}, {grault}, {garply}, {waldo}, {fred}, {plugh},       {xyzzy}, {thud}.          The etymology of "foo" is obscure.   When used in connection       with "bar" it is generally traced to the WWII-era Army slang       acronym {FUBAR}, later bowdlerised to {foobar}.          However, the use of the word "foo" itself has more complicated       antecedents, including a long history in comic strips and       cartoons.          "FOO" often appeared in the "Smokey Stover" comic strip by       Bill Holman.   This surrealist strip about a fireman appeared       in various American comics including "Everybody's" between       about 1930 and 1952.   FOO was often included on licence plates       of cars and in nonsense sayings in the background of some       frames such as "He who foos last foos best" or "Many smoke but       foo men chew".          Allegedly, "FOO" and "BAR" also occurred in Walt Kelly's       "Pogo" strips.   In the 1938 cartoon "The Daffy Doc", a very       early version of Daffy Duck holds up a sign saying "SILENCE IS       FOO!".   Oddly, this seems to refer to some approving or       positive affirmative use of foo.   It has been suggested that       this might be related to the Chinese word "fu" (sometimes       transliterated "foo"), which can mean "happiness" when spoken       with the proper tone (the lion-dog guardians flanking the       steps of many Chinese restaurants are properly called "fu       dogs").          Earlier versions of this entry suggested the possibility that       hacker usage actually sprang from "FOO, Lampoons and Parody",       the title of a comic book first issued in September 1958, a       joint project of Charles and Robert Crumb.   Though Robert       Crumb (then in his mid-teens) later became one of the most       important and influential artists in underground comics, this       venture was hardly a success; indeed, the brothers later       burned most of the existing copies in disgust.   The title FOO       was featured in large letters on the front cover.   However,       very few copies of this comic actually circulated, and       students of Crumb's "oeuvre" have established that this title       was a reference to the earlier Smokey Stover comics.          An old-time member reports that in the 1959 "Dictionary of the       TMRC Language", compiled at {TMRC} there was an entry that       went something like this:          FOO: The first syllable of the sacred chant phrase "FOO MANE       PADME HUM."   Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters       turning.          For more about the legendary foo counters, see {TMRC}.   Almost       the entire staff of what became the {MIT} {AI LAB} was       involved with TMRC, and probably picked the word up there.          Another correspondant cites the nautical construction       "foo-foo" (or "poo-poo"), used to refer to something       effeminate or some technical thing whose name has been       forgotten, e.g. "foo-foo box", "foo-foo valve".   This was       common on ships by the early nineteenth century.          Very probably, hackish "foo" had no single origin and derives       through all these channels from Yiddish "feh" and/or English       "fooey".          [{Jargon File}]          (1998-04-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FP          1. {functional programming}.          2. {floating-point}.          3. Functional Programming.   A {combinator}-based {functional       language} by John Backus stressing the use of {higher-order       function}s.          Implementation by Andy Valencia.       {(ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/volume13)}.          See also {FFP}, {FL}, {IFP}, {Berkeley FP}.          ["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style?   A       Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus,       1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM 21(8):165-180 (Aug 1978)].          4. {Function Point}.          (1995-03-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FP2          Functional Parallel Programming.   A {term rewriting} language       which unifies {functional programming} and {parallel       programming}.   Every object is a term and every computation is       done by rewriting.   Rewrite rules are used to specify       {algebraic data type}s and parallel processes.          ["Term Rewriting as a Basis for the Design of a Functional and       Parallel Programming Language.   A Case Study: The Language       FP2", Ph. Jorrand in Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence,       LNCS 258, Springer 1986, pp. 221-276].          (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FPA          1. {floating-point accelerator}.          2. {Function Point Analysis}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FPU          {floating-point unit}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FWIW          For what it's worth.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FYA          For your amusement.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FYI          {For Your Information}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FYI4          [Malkin, G., and A. Marine, "FYI on Questions and Answers:       Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions", FYI       4, RFC 1325, Xylogics, SRI, May 1992.]