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   face saver
         n 1: an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
               [syn: {face saver}, {face saving}]

English Dictionary: Fucus vesiculosus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face saving
n
  1. an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
    Synonym(s): face saver, face saving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face soap
n
  1. soap used as a toiletry [syn: toilet soap, face soap, bath soap]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face-saving
adj
  1. maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus pendula
n
  1. variety of European beech with pendulous limbs [syn: weeping beech, Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fagus purpurea
n
  1. variety of European beech with shining purple or copper- colored leaves
    Synonym(s): copper beech, purple beech, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ficus bengalensis
n
  1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
    Synonym(s): banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish house punch
n
  1. a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish species
n
  1. a species of fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fucus vesiculosus
n
  1. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
    Synonym(s): bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Facies \[d8]Fa"ci*es\, n. [L., from, face. See {Face}.]
      1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
  
      2. (Biol.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group
            of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its
            environment.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head,
            excluding the bill.
  
      {Facies Hippocratica}. (Med.) See {Hippocratic}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fuzzy subset
  
      In {fuzzy logic}, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a
      "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of
      each element of S belonging to F.
  
  
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