fatality
         n 1: a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a
               decrease in the number of automobile fatalities" [syn:
               {fatality}, {human death}]
         2: the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

English Dictionary: fidelity	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatality rate n the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year Synonym(s): deathrate, death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feedlot n a building where livestock are fattened for market
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetal distress n an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm Synonym(s): fetal distress, foetal distress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiddle with v manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview" Synonym(s): twiddle, fiddle with
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiddlehead n tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes Synonym(s): ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible Synonym(s): cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiddlehead fern n New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible Synonym(s): cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fidelity n accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal the quality of being faithful Synonym(s): fidelity, faithfulness Antonym(s): infidelity, unfaithfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foetal distress n an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm Synonym(s): fetal distress, foetal distress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foothold n an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar" Synonym(s): bridgehead, foothold a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing Synonym(s): foothold, footing an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market" Synonym(s): beachhead, foothold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuddled adj very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
futility n uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS.       f[aemac]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw.       fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain,       pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.]       1. Abounding with fat; as:             (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent;                   not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.             (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.          2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;             gross; dull; stupid.                         Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.                         Make the heart of this people fat.      --Is. vi. 10.          3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.          4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat             benefice; a fat office; a fat job.                         Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.                                                                               --Carlyle.          5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]                         Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.                                                                               --Swift.          6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to             make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank,             cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.          {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling             joints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fatality \Fa*tal"i*ty\, n.;pl. {Fatalities}. [L. fatalitas: cf.       F. fatalit[82]]       1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny;             invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of,             free and rational control.                         The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable                      course of events.                              --South.          2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or             danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.                         The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it                      the most considerable fatality.         --Ser T.                                                                               Browne.                         By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting.                                                                               --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal             event. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fatality \Fa*tal"i*ty\, n.;pl. {Fatalities}. [L. fatalitas: cf.       F. fatalit[82]]       1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny;             invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of,             free and rational control.                         The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable                      course of events.                              --South.          2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or             danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.                         The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it                      the most considerable fatality.         --Ser T.                                                                               Browne.                         By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting.                                                                               --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal             event. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feodality \Feo*dal"i*ty\, n.       Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See {Feudality}. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feudality \Feu*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. f[82]odalit[82].]       The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or       constitution. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to       D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to       E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]       1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a             violin; a kit.          2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped             leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.          3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to             keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad             weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle             ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the             body.          {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two             sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead             of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.          {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.          {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.          {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the             volute or scroll at the head of a violin.          {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,             etc., somewhat like a violin.          {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)          {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading             or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to       D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to       E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]       1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a             violin; a kit.          2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped             leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.          3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to             keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad             weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle             ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the             body.          {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two             sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead             of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.          {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.          {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.          {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the             volute or scroll at the head of a violin.          {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,             etc., somewhat like a violin.          {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)          {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading             or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fiddling}.]       1. To play on a fiddle.                         Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he                      could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.          2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler             does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy             idleness; to trifle.                         Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.                                                                               --Pepys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddledeedee \Fid"dle*dee*dee`\, interj.       An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!       [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiddlewood \Fid"dle*wood`\, n. [Corrupted fr. F. bois-fid[8a]le,       lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.]       The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus       {Citharexylum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid[82]lit[82].       See {Fealty}.]       Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact       observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially:       (a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound;             loyalty.                         Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.                                                                               --Macaulay.                         The best security for the fidelity of men is to                      make interest coincide with duty.      --A. Hamilton.       (b) Adherence to the marriage contract.       (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.                         The principal thing required in a witness is                      fidelity.                                          --Hooker.          Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;                fealty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for             separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --             called also {lay} and {batten}.          {Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after             a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.          {Drill lathe}, [or] {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from             its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.          {Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has             an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring             metals, cutting screws, etc.          {Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by             the foot.          {Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric}          {Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe             without an automatic feed for the tool.          {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe.          {Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the             cutting tool is held in the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foothalt \Foot"halt`\, n.       A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foothold \Foot"hold`\, n.       A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may       tread or rest securely; footing. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p., {Fuddled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fuddling}.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf.       {Fuzzle}.]       To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.       [Colloq.]                   I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.                                                                               --Steele.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Futility \Fu"til`i*ty\, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilit[82].]       1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness;             loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.]          2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming             to nothing; uselessness.                         The futility of this mode of philosophizing.                                                                               --Whewell.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fiddletown, CA       Zip code(s): 95629
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fidelity, IL (village, FIPS 25960)       Location: 39.15459 N, 90.16350 W       Population (1990): 66 (27 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62030    Fidelity, MO (town, FIPS 24112)       Location: 37.08201 N, 94.30947 W       Population (1990): 235 (98 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)