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   facial index
         n 1: the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum
               height of the face

English Dictionary: fisheye lens by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
facial muscle
n
  1. any of the skeletal muscles of the face
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
facial nerve
n
  1. cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faecal matter
n
  1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fecal impaction
n
  1. accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fecal matter
n
  1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feculence
n
  1. something that is feculent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feculent
adj
  1. foul with waste matter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fickleness
n
  1. unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
    Synonym(s): faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisheye lens
n
  1. a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
    Synonym(s): wide-angle lens, fisheye lens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focal infection
n
  1. bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focal length
n
  1. the distance from a lens to its focus [syn: {focal distance}, focal length]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foglamp
n
  1. headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fugleman
n
  1. a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader); "a fugleman for the radical right"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merlin \Mer"lin\, n. [OE. merlion, F. [82]merillon; cf. OHG.
      smirl, G. schmerl; prob. fr. L. merula blackbird. Cf.
      {Merle}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European falcon ({Falco lithofalco}, or {F.
      [91]salon}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL.
      gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and
      named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See
      {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
      esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F.
      Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
      gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}.
      [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
      corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
      angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
      G. angel, and F. anchor.]
      1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
            corner; a nook.
  
                     Into the utmost angle of the world.   --Spenser.
  
                     To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Geom.)
            (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
            (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
                  meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
  
      3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  
                     Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
            [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
            consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
            rod.
  
                     Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.
  
      {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than
            90[deg].
  
      {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg
            common to both angles.
  
      {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.
  
      {Angle bar}.
            (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
                  a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
            (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.
  
      {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
            of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
            a wall.
  
      {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an
            interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
            and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.
  
      {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
            one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
            connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
            which it is riveted.
  
      {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
            less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
            strengthen an angle.
  
      {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
            ascertaining the dip of strata.
  
      {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
            capital or base, or both.
  
      {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.
  
      {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any
            right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
            lengthened.
  
      {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.
  
      {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined
            figure.
  
      {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved
            line.
  
      {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
            right angle.
  
      {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than
            90[deg].
  
      {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.
  
      {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right
            lines.
  
      {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another
            perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
            quarter circle).
  
      {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
            more plane angles at one point.
  
      {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
            great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
            surface of a globe or sphere.
  
      {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
            straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
            to the center of the eye.
  
      {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},
      {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},
            see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},
            {Refraction}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Facial \Fa"cial\, a. [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F.
      facial.]
      Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or
      nerve. -- {Fa"cial*ly}, adv.
  
      {Facial angle} (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included
            between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from
            the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge
            of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to
            the center of the external auditory opening. See {Gnathic
            index}, under {Gnathic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Facile \Fac"ile\a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or
      made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F.
      facile. Srr {Fact}, and cf. {Faculty}.]
      1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable
            or attainable with little labor.
  
                     Order . . . will render the work facile and
                     delightful.                                       --Evelyn.
  
      2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable;
            readily mastered.
  
                     The facile gates of hell too slightly barred.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty,
            austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
  
                     I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
      4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a
            fault; pliant; flexible.
  
                     Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost
                     Paradise, deceived by me.                  --Milton.
  
                     This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so
                     facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a
                     keeper on the king's highway.            --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.
  
      5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he
            wields a facile pen. -- {Fac"ile-ly}, adv. --
            {Fac"ile*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feculence \Fec"u*lence\, n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F.
      f[82]culence.]
      1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness;
            foulness.
  
      2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feculency \Fec"u*len*cy\, n.
      Feculence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feculent \Fec"u*lent\, a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F.
      f[82]culent. See {Fecula}.]
      Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with
      sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
  
               Both his hands most filthy feculent.      --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fickleness \Fic"kle*ness\, n.
      The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figuline \Fig"u*line\, a. [L. figulinus. See {Figulate}.]
      1. Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of
            clay.
  
      2. Made of clay, as by the potter; -- said of vessels,
            ornamental figures, or the like; as, figuline ware.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Figuline \Fig"u*line\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., fr. L. figulina
      pottery, fr. figulus. See {Figulate}.]
      A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural
      objects.
  
               Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread
               from day to day.                                    --Longfellow.

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]:
   Fissilingual \Fis`si*lin"gual\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere
      to split) + E. lingual.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the tongue forked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fissilinguia \[d8]Fis`si*lin"gui*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
      fissus (p. p. o f findere to split) + lingua tongue.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the
      common lizards. [Written also {Fissilingues}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fizzle \Fiz"zle\ (f[icr]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled}
      (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[icr]ng).] [See
      {Fizz}.]
      1. To make a hissing sound.
  
                     It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain
                     as fizzling.                                       --B. Jonson.
  
      2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq.
            or Low]
  
      {To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go
            out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and
            ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foozle \Foo"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Foozled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Foozling}.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.]
      To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play
      unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.
  
               She foozles all along the course.            --Century Mag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
      one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
      cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.]
      1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
            represented in heraldry as a supporter.
  
      2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
            Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
  
                     Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
                     furrow?                                             --Job xxxix.
                                                                              10.
  
      Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
               urus. See the Note under {Reem}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
                  head or prothorax.
            (b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}.
  
      5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
  
      {Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a
            substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
            from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
            the unicorn.
  
      {Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo[94]l.), the narwhal.
  
      {Unicorn moth} (Zo[94]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[d2]lodasys
            unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
            back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}.
  
      {Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
            the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the
            blazing star ({Cham[91]lirium luteum}). Both are used in
            medicine.
  
      {Unicorn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of
            the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros}
            and {Leucozonia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
      one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
      cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.]
      1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
            represented in heraldry as a supporter.
  
      2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
            Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
  
                     Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
                     furrow?                                             --Job xxxix.
                                                                              10.
  
      Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
               urus. See the Note under {Reem}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
                  head or prothorax.
            (b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}.
  
      5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
  
      {Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a
            substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
            from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
            the unicorn.
  
      {Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo[94]l.), the narwhal.
  
      {Unicorn moth} (Zo[94]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[d2]lodasys
            unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
            back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}.
  
      {Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
            the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the
            blazing star ({Cham[91]lirium luteum}). Both are used in
            medicine.
  
      {Unicorn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of
            the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros}
            and {Leucozonia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fugleman \Fu"gle*man\, n.; pl. {Fuglemen}. [G. fl[81]gelmann
      file leader; fl[81]gel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf.
      {Flugrelman}.]
      1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who
            takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide
            for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He
            originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also
            {flugelman}.]
  
      2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fugleman \Fu"gle*man\, n.; pl. {Fuglemen}. [G. fl[81]gelmann
      file leader; fl[81]gel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf.
      {Flugrelman}.]
      1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who
            takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide
            for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He
            originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also
            {flugelman}.]
  
      2. Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Foosland, IL (village, FIPS 26662)
      Location: 40.36042 N, 88.42873 W
      Population (1990): 132 (48 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61845

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Foxholm, ND
      Zip code(s): 58738

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fjolnir
  
      An Icelandic programming language for the {IBM PC}
      from the {University of Iceland}.
  
      [Pall Haraldsson ].
  
      (1995-03-17)
  
  
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