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   F. G. Banting
         n 1: Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H.
               Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) [syn:
               {Banting}, {F. G. Banting}, {Sir Frederick Grant Banting}]

English Dictionary: fish finger by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
face fungus
n
  1. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face [syn: beard, face fungus, whiskers]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish family
n
  1. any of various families of fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish finger
n
  1. a long fillet of fish breaded and fried [syn: fish stick, fish finger]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fishbone
n
  1. a bone of a fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fishpond
n
  1. a freshwater pond with fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fogbank
n
  1. a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fogbound
adj
  1. enveloped in fog; "a fogbound fleet"; "the fogbound city"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Cylinder face} (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam
            cylinder on which a slide valve moves.
  
      {Face of an anvil}, its flat upper surface.
  
      {Face of a bastion} (Fort.), the part between the salient and
            the shoulder angle.
  
      {Face of coal} (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at
            right angles to the stratification.
  
      {Face of a gun}, the surface of metal at the muzzle.
  
      {Face of a place} (Fort.), the front comprehended between the
            flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm.
  
      {Face of a square} (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion
            when formed in a square.
  
      {Face of a} {watch, clock, compass, card etc.}, the dial or
            graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of
            day, point of the compass, etc.
  
      {Face to face}.
            (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the
                  accuser and the accused face to face.
            (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance.
                  [bd]Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face
                  to face.[b8] 1 --Cor. xiii. 12.
            (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or
                  toward one another; vis [85] vis; -- opposed to {back
                  to back}.
  
      {To fly in the face of}, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
  
      {To make a face}, to distort the countenance; to make a
            grimace. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fess \Fess\, Fesse \Fesse\, n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr.
      L. fascia band. See {Fascia}.] (Her.)
      A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon,
      and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the
      nine honorable ordinaries.
  
      {Fess point} (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See
            {Escutcheon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fig \Fig\, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L.
      ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. {Fico}.]
      1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica}) with large
            leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably
            native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
  
      2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
            shape, and of various colors.
  
      Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a
               stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
               Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in
               only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
               fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its
               fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
               {Caprification}.
  
      3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
  
      4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
            in scorn or contempt. [bd]A fig for Peter.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Cochineal fig}. See {Conchineal fig}.
  
      {Fig dust}, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
            birds.
  
      {Fig faun}, one of a class of rural deities or monsters
            supposed to live on figs. [bd]Therefore shall dragons
            dwell there with the fig fauns.[b8] --Jer. i. 39. (Douay
            version).
  
      {Fig gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to
            figs.
  
      {Fig leaf}, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first
            clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a
            thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate
            covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
  
      {Fig marigold} (Bot.), the name of several plants of the
            genus {Mesembryanthemum}, some of which are prized for the
            brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
  
      {Fig tree} (Bot.), any tree of the genus {Ficus}, but
            especially {F. Carica} which produces the fig of commerce.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fog \Fog\ n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow,
      driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj[umac]k
      snowstorm, fj[umac]ka to drift.]
      1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere
            and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud
            only in being near the ground, and from mist in not
            approaching so nearly to fine rain. See {Cloud}.
  
      2. A state of mental confusion.
  
      {Fog alarm}, {Fog bell}, {Fog horn}, etc., a bell, horn,
            whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often
            automatically, near places of danger where visible signals
            would be hidden in thick weather.
  
      {Fog bank}, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and
            resembling distant land.
  
      {Fog ring}, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, --
            often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fish Haven, ID
      Zip code(s): 83287

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fox Point, WI (village, FIPS 27075)
      Location: 43.15845 N, 87.90171 W
      Population (1990): 7238 (2948 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fixpoint
  
      {fixed point}
  
  
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