fact mood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   face the music
         v 1: accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions [syn:
               {face the music}, {carry-the can}]

English Dictionary: fact mood	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face time n work time spent at the location of or in the presence of other people; "instead of working on the problem at home he devoted face time to it at the office"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fact mood n a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact Synonym(s): indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faction n a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue Synonym(s): cabal, faction, junto, camarilla a dissenting clique Synonym(s): faction, sect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faggoting n embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches Synonym(s): fagoting, faggoting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fagoting n embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches Synonym(s): fagoting, faggoting
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fast one n a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" Synonym(s): trick, fast one
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fast time scale n (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fasten v cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" Synonym(s): fasten, fix, secure Antonym(s): unfasten become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" Antonym(s): unfasten attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" Synonym(s): tighten, fasten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fasten on v adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on]
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fastened adj firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt" Antonym(s): unfastened furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike Synonym(s): buttoned, fastened Antonym(s): unbuttoned, unfastened fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" Synonym(s): tied, fastened Antonym(s): unfastened, untied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fastener n a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was" restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place Synonym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fastening n restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place Synonym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing the act of fastening things together Synonym(s): fastening, attachment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fasting n abstaining from food Synonym(s): fast, fasting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fastnacht n doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fastness n a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" Synonym(s): speed, swiftness, fastness the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment Synonym(s): fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness Antonym(s): looseness a strongly fortified defensive structure Synonym(s): stronghold, fastness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Faustian adj pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; "a Faustian pact with the Devil"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feast one's eyes v look at with great enjoyment; "She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feasting n eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) Synonym(s): feasting, banqueting
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festinate v act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" Synonym(s): rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
festination n involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
festoon n a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration Synonym(s): festoon, festoonery v decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
festoonery n flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration Synonym(s): festoon, festoonery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiction n a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact a deliberately false or improbable account Synonym(s): fabrication, fiction, fable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fictional adj related to or involving literary fiction; "clever fictional devices"; "a fictional treatment of the train robbery" Antonym(s): nonfictional formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character" Synonym(s): fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fictional animal n animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
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fictional character n an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel" Synonym(s): fictional character, fictitious character, character
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fictionalisation n a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction Synonym(s): fictionalization, fictionalisation writing in a fictional form Synonym(s): fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fictionalise v make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" Synonym(s): fictionalize, fictionalise, retell convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event" Synonym(s): novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fictionalization n a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction Synonym(s): fictionalization, fictionalisation writing in a fictional form Synonym(s): fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fictionalize v make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" Synonym(s): fictionalize, fictionalise, retell convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event" Synonym(s): novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fight down v fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" Synonym(s): fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fighting adj engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" Synonym(s): active, combat-ready, fighting(a) n the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" Synonym(s): fight, fighting, combat, scrap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fighting chair n a fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a hooked fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fighting cock n a cock bred and trained for fighting [syn: gamecock, fighting cock]
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Fighting French n a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic Synonym(s): Free French, Fighting French
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fighting Joe Hooker n United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) Synonym(s): Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish tank n a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals Synonym(s): aquarium, fish tank, marine museum
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fistmele n about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)
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fixation n an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Synonym(s): arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone Synonym(s): obsession, fixation the activity of fastening something firmly in position (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body Synonym(s): fixation, fixing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixed intonation n the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixed investment trust n an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized Synonym(s): nondiscretionary trust, fixed investment trust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixedness n remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness] the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment Synonym(s): fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness Antonym(s): looseness the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" Synonym(s): fixedness, unalterability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fustian n pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Studfish \Stud"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus {Fundulus}, as {F. catenatus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Facete \Facete"\, a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See {Face}, and cf. {Facetious}.] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] [bd]A facete discourse.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. [bd]How to interpose[b8] with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. --Prof. Wilson. -- {Facete"ly}, adv. -- {Fa*cete"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Facet \Fac"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faceted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faceting}.] To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faction \Fac"tion\, n. [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See {Fashion}.] 1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good. 3. Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. --Clarendon. Syn: Combination; clique; junto. See {Cabal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factionary \Fac"tionary\, a. [Cf. F. factionnaire, L. factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.] Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs.] Always factionary on the party of your general. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factioner \Fac"tion*er\ (-?r), n. One of a faction. --Abp. Bancroft.
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Factionist \Fac"tion*ist\, n. One who promotes faction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fagot \Fag"ot\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fagoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagoting}.] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasciation \Fas`ci*a"tion\, n. The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing} falsehood.] 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak. 2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ? --Addison. 3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment. 4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. --Milton. 5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. --Whewel. 6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. --I. Watts. 8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke. 9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. --Spenser. 10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden. {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}. {To break loose}. See under {Break}. {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[?]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. {Fast}, adv., {Fast}, v., {Avast}.] 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke. 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser. 3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. 5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon. 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak. 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray. {Fast and loose}, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. [bd]Play fast and loose with faith.[b8] --Shak. {Fast and loose pulleys} (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re[89]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. {Hard and fast} (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. {To make fast} (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[?]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. {Fast}, adv., {Fast}, v., {Avast}.] 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. There is an order that keeps things fast. --Burke. 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. --Spenser. 3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors. 5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. --Bacon. 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. All this while in a most fast sleep. --Shak. 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. --Thackeray. {Fast and loose}, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. [bd]Play fast and loose with faith.[b8] --Shak. {Fast and loose pulleys} (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re[89]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. {Hard and fast} (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. {To make fast} (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[91]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[omac]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, [or] a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[91]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[omac]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, [or] a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fastener \Fas"ten*er\, n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fastening \Fas"ten*ing\, n. Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[91]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[omac]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, [or] a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fast-handed \Fast"-hand`ed\, a. Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fast \Fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[emac]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. --Milton. 2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. --2 Sam. xii. 21. {Fasting day}, a fast day; a day of fasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fast \Fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[emac]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. --Milton. 2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. --2 Sam. xii. 21. {Fasting day}, a fast day; a day of fasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fastness \Fast"ness\, n. [AS. f[91]stnes, fr. f[91]st fast. See {Fast}, a.] 1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. --Sir J. Davies. 2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains. 3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] --Ascham. 4. The state of being fast or swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feast \Feast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Feasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feasting}.] [OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. f[88]ter to celebrate a holiday. See {Feast}, n.] 1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals. And his sons went and feasted in their houses. --Job. i. 4. 2. To be highly gratified or delighted. With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festennine \Fes"ten*nine\, n. A fescennine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festinate \Fes"tinate\, a. [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- {Fes"tinate*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festinate \Fes"tinate\, a. [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- {Fes"tinate*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festination \Fes`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. festinatio.] Haste; hurry. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, n. [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See {Feast}.] 1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way. 2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of {Bucranium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Festooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festooning}.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Festooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festooning}.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Festooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festooning}.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festoony \Fes*toon"y\, a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. --Sir J. Herschel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiction \Fic"tion\, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality. The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon. --Sir W. Raleigh. When it could no longer be denied that her flight had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented to account for it. --Macaulay. 3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators. --Dict. of Education. 4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. --Wharton. 5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. Syn: Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood. Usage: {Fiction}, {Fabrication}. Fiction is opposed to what is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct; a fabrication is always intended to mislead and deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fictional \Fic"tion*al\, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.[bd]Fictional rather than historical.[b8] --Latham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fictionist \Fic"tion*ist\, n. A writer of fiction. [R.] --Lamb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fought} (f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fighting}.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. f[84]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.] 1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. --Milton. 2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. {To fight shy}, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fighting \Fight"ing\, a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. --2 Chron. xxvi. 11. 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. {A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] {Fighting crab} (Zo[94]l.), the fiddler crab. {Fighting fish} (Zo[94]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fighting \Fight"ing\, a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. --2 Chron. xxvi. 11. 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. {A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] {Fighting crab} (Zo[94]l.), the fiddler crab. {Fighting fish} (Zo[94]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fighting \Fight"ing\, a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. --2 Chron. xxvi. 11. 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. {A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] {Fighting crab} (Zo[94]l.), the fiddler crab. {Fighting fish} (Zo[94]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fighting \Fight"ing\, a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. --2 Chron. xxvi. 11. 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. {A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] {Fighting crab} (Zo[94]l.), the fiddler crab. {Fighting fish} (Zo[94]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fightingly \Fight"ing*ly\, adv. Pugnaciously.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fisetin \Fis"e*tin\, n. [G. fisettholz a species of fustic.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also {fisetic acid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fist \Fist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fisting}.] 1. To strike with the fist. --Dryden. 2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fistinut \Fis"ti*nut\, n. [Cf. Fr. fistinq, fistuq. See {Pistachio}.] A pistachio nut. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixation \Fixa"tion\ (f[icr]ks[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. fixation.] 1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. An unalterable fixation of resolution. --Killingbeck. To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. --Sir W. Raleigh. Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. --Quain. A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. --Watts. 2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. 3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. --Glanvill. 4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixed \Fixed\ (f[icr]kst), a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4. {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.] {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or {essential oils}. {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixedness \Fix"ed*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness. 2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foistiness \Foist"i*ness\, n. Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in. Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption. --R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foughten \Fought"en\, p. p. of {Fight}. [Archaic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuscation \Fus*ca"tion\, n. [L. fuscare, fuscatum, to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.] A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. [R.] --Blount.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fustian \Fus"tian\, n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fust[be]t, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.] 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. 2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast. Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fustian \Fus"tian\, a. 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fustianist \Fus"tian*ist\, n. A writer of fustian. [R.] --Milton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fosston, MN (city, FIPS 21986) Location: 47.58089 N, 95.74766 W Population (1990): 1529 (688 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56542
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Foxton, CO Zip code(s): 80441
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
face time n. [common] Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links). "Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him at the last Usenix."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Fight-o-net n. [FidoNet] Deliberate distortion of {FidoNet}, often applied after a flurry of {flamage} in a particular {echo}, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews (see {'Snooze}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
face time Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links). "Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him at the last Usenix." [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Fight-o-net A distortion of {FidoNet}, often applied after a flurry of {flamage} in a particular {echo}, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews (see {'Snooze}). [{Jargon File}] (1996-11-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FQDN {fully qualified domain name}