face card
         n 1: one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a
               face [syn: {face card}, {picture card}, {court card}]

English Dictionary: Ficus rubiginosa	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face cream n a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin Synonym(s): cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face guard n face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus grandifolia n North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts Synonym(s): American beech, white beech, red beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fescue grass n grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns Synonym(s): fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus aurea n a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas Synonym(s): golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus carica n Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit Synonym(s): fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus carica sylvestris n wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs Synonym(s): caprifig, Ficus carica sylvestris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus religiosa n fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists Synonym(s): pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus rubiginosa n Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood Synonym(s): Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish geranium n an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers Synonym(s): fish geranium, bedding geranium, zonal pelargonium, Pelargonium hortorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fucus serratus n brown algae seaweed with serrated edges [syn: {serrated wrack}, Fucus serratus, tang]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuji cherry n shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms Synonym(s): fuji, fuji cherry, Prunus incisa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
--McElrath.          Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a                compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth;                face plan or face-plan; face hammer.          {Face ague} (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by             acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by             twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive             twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic             douloureux}.          {Face card}, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human             face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.          {Face cloth}, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.          {Face guard}, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by             workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of             metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.          {Face hammer}, a hammer having a flat face.          {Face joint} (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other             structure.          {Face mite} (Zo[94]ll.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex             folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the             face.          {Face mold}, the templet or pattern by which carpenters,             ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from             boards, sheet metal, ect.          {Face plate}.             (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe,                   to which the work to be turned may be attached.             (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or                   shock.             (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.          {Face wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A crown wheel.             (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and                   polishing; a lap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
--McElrath.          Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a                compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth;                face plan or face-plan; face hammer.          {Face ague} (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by             acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by             twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive             twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic             douloureux}.          {Face card}, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human             face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.          {Face cloth}, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.          {Face guard}, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by             workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of             metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.          {Face hammer}, a hammer having a flat face.          {Face joint} (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other             structure.          {Face mite} (Zo[94]ll.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex             folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the             face.          {Face mold}, the templet or pattern by which carpenters,             ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from             boards, sheet metal, ect.          {Face plate}.             (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe,                   to which the work to be turned may be attached.             (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or                   shock.             (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.          {Face wheel}. (Mach.)             (a) A crown wheel.             (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and                   polishing; a lap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[ecr]s"k[usl]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F.       f[82]tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]       1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out             letters to children when learning to read. [bd]Pedantic             fescue.[b8] --Sterne.                         To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton.          2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.]             --Chapman.          3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]          4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Festuca}.          {Fescue grass} (Bot.), a genus of grasses ({Festuca})             containing several species of importance in agriculture.             {Festuca ovina} is {sheep's fescue}; {F. elatior} is             {meadow fescue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fig \Fig\, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L.       ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. {Fico}.]       1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica}) with large             leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably             native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.          2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong             shape, and of various colors.          Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a                stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.                Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in                only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The                fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its                fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See                {Caprification}.          3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]          4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used             in scorn or contempt. [bd]A fig for Peter.[b8] --Shak.          {Cochineal fig}. See {Conchineal fig}.          {Fig dust}, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged             birds.          {Fig faun}, one of a class of rural deities or monsters             supposed to live on figs. [bd]Therefore shall dragons             dwell there with the fig fauns.[b8] --Jer. i. 39. (Douay             version).          {Fig gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to             figs.          {Fig leaf}, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first             clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a             thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate             covering; a symbol for affected modesty.          {Fig marigold} (Bot.), the name of several plants of the             genus {Mesembryanthemum}, some of which are prized for the             brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.          {Fig tree} (Bot.), any tree of the genus {Ficus}, but             especially {F. Carica} which produces the fig of commerce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peepul tree \Pee"pul tree`\ [Hind. p[c6]pal, Skr. pippala.]       (Bot.)       A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa}) of the Buddhists, a kind of       fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See {Bo       tree}. [Written also {pippul tree}, and {pipal tree}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (Bot.)       The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at       Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under       which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and       so to have become Buddha.                   The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists ({Ficus                religiosa}), which is planted close to every temple,                and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of                the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan                ({Ficus Indica}) by sending down no roots from its                branches.                                                --Tennent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.       fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.       fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.       piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as       fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused       with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]       1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of             diverse characteristics, living in the water.          2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having             fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means             of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See             {Pisces}.          Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),                Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians                (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and                Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now                generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the                fishes.          3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.          4. The flesh of fish, used as food.          5. (Naut.)             (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.             (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,                   used to strengthen a mast or yard.          Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;                as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.          {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.          {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed             with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,             round cake. [U.S.]          {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).          {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the             under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.          {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus             ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United             States. It feeds largely on fish.          {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;             pisciculture.          {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.          {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.          {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.          {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used             in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.          {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or             taking them easily.          {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.          {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates             fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their             junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of             railroads.          {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.          {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can             leap in order to ascend falls in a river.          {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted             hair, silk, etc., used in angling.          {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,             esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},             {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.          {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air             bladder, or sound.          {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in             soups, etc.          {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine             animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.                      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World             genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian             species ({K. Ceylonensis}).          {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.          {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for             catching crabs, lobsters, etc.          {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and             catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a             fish trowel.          {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small             fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.             --Knight.          {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those             that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for             the preparation of isinglass.          {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant             or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Fish strainer}.             (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a                   boiler.             (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,                   to drain the water from a boiled fish.          {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.          {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching             fish.          {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the             other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.       fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.       fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.       piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as       fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused       with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]       1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of             diverse characteristics, living in the water.          2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having             fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means             of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See             {Pisces}.          Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),                Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians                (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and                Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now                generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the                fishes.          3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.          4. The flesh of fish, used as food.          5. (Naut.)             (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.             (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,                   used to strengthen a mast or yard.          Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;                as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.          {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.          {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed             with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,             round cake. [U.S.]          {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).          {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the             under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.          {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus             ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United             States. It feeds largely on fish.          {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;             pisciculture.          {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.          {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.          {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.          {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used             in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.          {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or             taking them easily.          {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.          {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates             fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their             junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of             railroads.          {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.          {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can             leap in order to ascend falls in a river.          {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted             hair, silk, etc., used in angling.          {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,             esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},             {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.          {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air             bladder, or sound.          {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in             soups, etc.          {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine             animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.                      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World             genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian             species ({K. Ceylonensis}).          {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.          {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for             catching crabs, lobsters, etc.          {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and             catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a             fish trowel.          {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small             fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.             --Knight.          {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those             that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for             the preparation of isinglass.          {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant             or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Fish strainer}.             (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a                   boiler.             (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,                   to drain the water from a boiled fish.          {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.          {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching             fish.          {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the             other.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fish Creek, WI       Zip code(s): 54212
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
focus group          An event where market researchers meet (potential)       users of a product to try to plan how to improve it.          (1999-02-24)