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   febrile
         adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
                  reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: {febrile},
                  {feverish}] [ant: {afebrile}]

English Dictionary: febrile by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
febrility
n
  1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
    Synonym(s): fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibril
n
  1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrillate
v
  1. make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements; "His heart fibrillated and he died"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrillation
n
  1. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
  2. act or process of forming fibrils
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrillose
adj
  1. covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fife rail
n
  1. the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five-year-old
adj
  1. five years of age
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabrile \Fab"rile\, a. [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See
      {Forge}.]
      Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood
      etc.; as, fabrile skill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Favorless \Fa"vor*less\, a.
      1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance
            or support.
  
      2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] [bd]Fortune
            favorless.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Febrile \Fe"brile\ (?; 277), a. [F. f[82]brile, from L. febris
      fever. See {Fever}.]
      Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it;
      as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf.
      {Moment}.]
      1. The act of moving; change of place or posture;
            transference, by any means, from one situation to another;
            natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as,
            the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the
            movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.
  
      2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
  
      3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or
            sudden, movement.
  
      4. (Mus.)
            (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a
                  piece. [bd]Any change of time is a change of
                  movement.[b8] --Busby.
            (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in
                  itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a
                  larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a
                  symphony.
  
      5. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a
            definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the
            wheelwork of a watch.
  
      {Febrille movement} (Med.), an elevation of the body
            temperature; a fever.
  
      {Movement cure}. (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}.
  
      {Movement of the bowels}, an evacuation or stool; a passage
            or discharge.
  
      Syn: Motion.
  
      Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea
                  of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to
                  express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiberless \Fi"ber*less\, Fibreless \Fi"bre*less\, a.
      Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiberless \Fi"ber*less\, Fibreless \Fi"bre*less\, a.
      Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibril \Fi"bril\, n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.]
      A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread;
      a fibrilla. --Cheyne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fibrilla \[d8]Fi*bril"la\, n.; pl. {Fibrill[92]}. [NL. See
      {Fibril}.]
      A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a
      muscular fiber; a fibril.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillar \Fi"bril*lar\, a.
      Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar
      twitchings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillary \Fi"bril*la*ry\ (? [or] ?), a.
      Of of pertaining to fibrils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillated \Fi"bril*la`ted\ (? [or] ?), a.
      Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillation \Fi`bril*la"tion\, n.
      The state of being reduced to fibers. --Carpenter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillose \Fi*bril"lose\ (? [or] ?), a.
      Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of
      some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as,
      fibrillose appendages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrillous \Fi*bril"lous\ (? [or] ?), a. [Cf. F. fibraleux.]
      Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fibrolite \Fi"bro*lite\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber +
      -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.)
      A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It
      is like andalusite in composition; -- called also
      {sillimanite}, and {bucholizite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
      pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
      pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
      word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a
      feather.]
      1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
            for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
            by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
            a bolt.
  
                     With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
            other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
            clothes, attaching papers, etc.
  
      3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
  
                     He . . . did not care a pin for her.   --Spectator.
  
      4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
            (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
                  relaxing the tension of the strings.
            (b) A linchpin.
            (c) A rolling-pin.
            (d) A clothespin.
            (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
                  part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of
                  {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
            (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  
      5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
            cup to mark how much each man should drink.
  
      6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
            [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper.
  
      8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak.
  
      9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
            clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
  
      10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
  
      {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes,
            to limit its motion.
  
      {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection
            to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
            recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.
  
      {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}.
  
      {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
            aperture or perforation.
  
      {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
            pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
           
  
      {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
            to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.
  
      {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
            hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}.
            Called also {pin rack}.
  
      {Pin wheel}.
            (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
                  pins.
            (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common
                  pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fife \Fife\, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[c6]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare
      to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip,
      chirp, as a chiken. See {Pipe}.] (Mus.)
      A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
      chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
  
      {Fife major} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who
            superintends the fifers of a regiment.
  
      {Fife rail}. (Naut.)
      (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying
            pins, etc.
      (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
      pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
      pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
      word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a
      feather.]
      1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
            for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
            by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
            a bolt.
  
                     With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
            other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
            clothes, attaching papers, etc.
  
      3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
  
                     He . . . did not care a pin for her.   --Spectator.
  
      4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
            (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
                  relaxing the tension of the strings.
            (b) A linchpin.
            (c) A rolling-pin.
            (d) A clothespin.
            (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
                  part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of
                  {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
            (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  
      5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
            cup to mark how much each man should drink.
  
      6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
            [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper.
  
      8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak.
  
      9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
            clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
  
      10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
  
      {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes,
            to limit its motion.
  
      {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection
            to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
            recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.
  
      {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}.
  
      {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
            aperture or perforation.
  
      {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
            pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
           
  
      {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
            to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.
  
      {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
            hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}.
            Called also {pin rack}.
  
      {Pin wheel}.
            (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
                  pins.
            (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common
                  pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fife \Fife\, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[c6]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare
      to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip,
      chirp, as a chiken. See {Pipe}.] (Mus.)
      A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
      chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
  
      {Fife major} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who
            superintends the fifers of a regiment.
  
      {Fife rail}. (Naut.)
      (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying
            pins, etc.
      (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
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