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   fat hen
         n 1: European plant naturalized in North America; often
               collected from the wild as a potherb [syn: {good-king-
               henry}, {allgood}, {fat hen}, {wild spinach}, {Chenopodium
               bonus-henricus}]

English Dictionary: fatten by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fathom
n
  1. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
    Synonym(s): fathom, fthm
  2. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
    Synonym(s): fathom, fthm
v
  1. come to understand
    Synonym(s): penetrate, fathom, bottom
  2. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
    Synonym(s): fathom, sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fatima
n
  1. youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632)
    Synonym(s): Fatima, Fatimah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fatimah
n
  1. youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632)
    Synonym(s): Fatima, Fatimah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatten
v
  1. make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
    Synonym(s): fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fedayeen
n
  1. (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feed in
v
  1. introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
    Synonym(s): feed, feed in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feed on
v
  1. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
    Synonym(s): feed on, feed upon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fit in
v
  1. go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
    Synonym(s): harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foot-ton
n
  1. 2240 foot-pounds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fthm
n
  1. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
    Synonym(s): fathom, fthm
  2. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
    Synonym(s): fathom, fthm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
futon
n
  1. mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fadme \Fad"me\, n.
      A fathom. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fathom \Fath"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathomed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Fathoming}.]
      1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to
            measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.]
            --Purchas.
  
      2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the
            depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to
            the bottom of. --Dryden.
  
                     The page of life that was spread out before me
                     seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not
                     fathomed its deeper import.               --Hawthotne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fathom \Fath"om\, n. [OE. fadme, fa[edh]me, AS. f[91][edh]m
      fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa[edh]mos the
      outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum,
      G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa[edh]mr fathom, Sw. famn,
      Dan. favn; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to spread
      out, [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] outspread, flat, L. patere to lie
      open, extend. Cf. {Patent}, {Petal}.]
      1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to
            which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in
            measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable
            water by soundings.
  
      2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of
            intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.]
  
                     Another of his fathom they have none To lead their
                     business.                                          --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Fattining}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.]
      1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
            plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
  
      2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
            land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. i.
      To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to
      be pampered.
  
               And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
                                                                              --Otway.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of
                  the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.
            (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to
                  the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.
            (c) Any one of several species of North American marine
                  sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus
                  {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from
                  Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from
                  Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},
                  and {surf whiting}.
  
      Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
               kingfish
            (a), the sailor's choice
            (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
                  whitefishes.
  
      2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
            repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in
            putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
  
      {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.
  
      {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foot ton \Foot ton\ (Mech.)
      A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in
      raising one ton against the force of gravity through the
      height of one foot.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fithian, IL (village, FIPS 26233)
      Location: 40.11395 N, 87.87472 W
      Population (1990): 512 (208 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61844

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FDMA
  
      {frequency division multiple access}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FTAM
  
      File Transfer, Access, and Management: an application layer
      protocol for file transfer and remote manipulation (ISO 8571).
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Fathom
      (Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," or the outstretched arms), a span of
      six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego, "I stretch"), the
      distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched
      out.
     
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