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   figural
         adj 1: consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a
                  figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic
                  tradition"- Herbert Read [syn: {figural}, {figurative}]

English Dictionary: Fissurella by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figural blindness
n
  1. inability to see shapes and contours
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
figure loom
n
  1. a loom for weaving figured fabrics [syn: figure loom, figured-fabric loom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fissurella
n
  1. type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
    Synonym(s): Fissurella, genus Fissurella
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fissurella apertura
n
  1. marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
    Synonym(s): keyhole limpet, Fissurella apertura, Diodora apertura
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fissurellidae
n
  1. marine limpets [syn: Fissurellidae, {family Fissurellidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossorial
adj
  1. (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging [ant: cursorial]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossorial foot
n
  1. foot adapted for digging as in moles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossorial mammal
n
  1. a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fox squirrel
n
  1. exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
    Synonym(s): fox squirrel, eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See
      {Figure}.]
      1. Of a definite form or figure.
  
                     Plants are all figurate and determinate, which
                     inanimate bodies are not.                  --Bacon.
  
      2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale.
  
      3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by
            the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices
            in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.
  
      {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is
            not simple, or in which the parts do not move together
            tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more
            parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called
            also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint}
            or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly
            applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to
            indicate the other notes of the harmony).
  
      {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers,
            formed from any arithmetical progression in which the
            first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number,
            by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two,
            first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of
            a new series, from which another may be formed in the same
            manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series
            being such that points representing them are capable of
            symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures,
            as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.
  
      Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are
               composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line
               being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3,
               4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1,
               4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.]
      1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of
            figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}.
  
      {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See
      {Figure}.]
      1. Of a definite form or figure.
  
                     Plants are all figurate and determinate, which
                     inanimate bodies are not.                  --Bacon.
  
      2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale.
  
      3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by
            the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices
            in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.
  
      {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is
            not simple, or in which the parts do not move together
            tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more
            parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called
            also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint}
            or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly
            applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to
            indicate the other notes of the harmony).
  
      {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers,
            formed from any arithmetical progression in which the
            first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number,
            by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two,
            first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of
            a new series, from which another may be formed in the same
            manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series
            being such that points representing them are capable of
            symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures,
            as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.
  
      Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are
               composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line
               being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3,
               4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1,
               4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.]
      1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of
            figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}.
  
      {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.]
      1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of
            figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}.
  
      {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figurial \Fi*gu"ri*al\, a.
      Represented by figure or delineation. [R.] --Craig.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fissural \Fis"sur*al\, a.
      Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern
      of a brain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Zygobranchia \[d8]Zyg`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?]
      a yoke + [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are
      developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are
      also paired. The abalone ({Haliotis}) and the keyhole limpet
      ({Fissurella}) are examples.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fossorial \Fos*so"ri*al\, a. [L. fossor a digger.]
      Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a
      fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs,
      OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox
      fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes},
            family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V.
            vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V.
            fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and
            the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are
            well-known species.
  
      Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the
               American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the
               cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of
               the same species, of less value. The common foxes of
               Europe and America are very similar; both are
               celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild
               birds, poultry, and various small animals.
  
                        Subtle as the fox for prey.            --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also
            {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}.
  
      4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]
  
                     We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.
  
      5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar;
            -- used for seizings or mats.
  
      6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the
            blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]
  
                     Thou diest on point of fox.               --Shak.
  
      7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs,
            formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin;
            -- called also {Outagamies}.
  
      {Fox and geese}.
            (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others
                  as they run one goal to another.
            (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for
                  them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the
                  geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle
                  of the board, endeavors to break through the line of
                  the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.
  
      {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus
            {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and
            the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the
            species are more than four feet across the outspread
            wings. See {Fruit bat}.
  
      {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.
           
  
      {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox.
  
      {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.
           
  
      {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American
            grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the
            origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord},
            {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis
            vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the
            {Catawba}.
  
      {Fox hunter}.
            (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.
            (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.
  
      {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher
            shark}, under {Thrasher}.
  
      {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep.
  
      {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow
            ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its
            reddish color.
  
      {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel
            ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern
            States the black variety prevails; farther north the
            fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is
            more common.
  
      {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of
            terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes,
            and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired
            varieties.
  
      {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few
            steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot,
            or a trot into a walk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fusarole \Fu"sa*role\, n. [F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr.
      fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See {Fusee} a conical
      wheel.] (Arch.)
      A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round
      of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of
      architecture.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FGRAAL
  
      Fortran extended GRAph Algorithmic Language.   A Fortran
      extension for handling sets and graphs.   "On a Programming
      Language for Graph Algorithms", W.C. Rheinboldt et al, BIT
      12(2) 1972.
  
  
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