English Dictionary: Fucus vesiculosus |
by the
DICT Development Group |
face saver
n 1: an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
[syn: {face saver}, {face saving}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- face saving
- n
- 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
- soap used as a toiletry [syn: toilet soap, face soap,
bath soap]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- face-saving
- adj
- maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving
compromise"
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Fagus pendula
- n
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- a species of fish
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Fucus vesiculosus
- n
- 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.
|