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   fallen arch
         n 1: an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground
               [syn: {sunken arch}, {fallen arch}]

English Dictionary: flame-orange by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fillmore
n
  1. elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
    Synonym(s): Fillmore, Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
film noir
n
  1. a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
film writer
n
  1. someone who writes screenplays [syn: screenwriter, {film writer}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flame-orange
adj
  1. of orange tinged with red [syn: red-orange, {reddish- orange}, flame-orange]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flame-retardant
adj
  1. resistant to catching fire [syn: flameproof, {flame- retardant}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flannery O'Connor
n
  1. United States writer (1925-1964) [syn: O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Flannery O'Connor]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flea market
n
  1. an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flummery
n
  1. a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
  2. meaningless ceremonies and flattery
    Synonym(s): mummery, flummery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foulmart
n
  1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    Synonym(s): polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulmar
n
  1. heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulmar petrel
n
  1. heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fulmarus
n
  1. fulmars
    Synonym(s): Fulmarus, genus Fulmarus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fulmarus glacialis
n
  1. heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn: fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Felonry \Fel"on*ry\, n.
      A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a
      penal colony. --Howitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Felonwort \Fel"on*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      The bittersweet nightshade ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See
      {Bittersweet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feuillemort \Feuille"mort`\, a. [F. feuille morte a dead leaf.]
      Having the color of a faded leaf. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
  
                     Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      {File firing}, the act of firing by file, or each file
            independently of others.
  
      {File leader}, the soldier at the front of any file, who
            covers and leads those in rear of him.
  
      {File marching}, the marching of a line two deep, when faced
            to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank
            march side by side. --Brande & C.
  
      {Indian file}, [or] {Single file}, a line of men marching one
            behind another; a single row.
  
      {On file}, preserved in an orderly collection.
  
      {Rank and file}.
            (a) The body of soldiers constituing the mass of an army,
                  including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm.
            (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a
                  party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flame \Flame\ (fl[amac]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF.
      flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr.
      flagrare to burn. See {Flagrant}, and cf. {Flamneau},
      {Flamingo}.]
      1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
            darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
  
      2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
            glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
            [bd]In a flame of zeal severe.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met
                     congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope.
  
      3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
  
      4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
  
      Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See {Blaze}.
  
      {Flame bridge}, a bridge wall. See {Bridge}, n., 5.
  
      {Flame color}, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
  
      {Flame engine}, an early name for the gas engine.
  
      {Flame manometer}, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
            obtain graphic representation of the action of the human
            vocal organs. See {Manometer}.
  
      {Flame reaction} (Chem.), a method of testing for the
            presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
            imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
            potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,
            etc. Cf. {Spectrum analysis}, under {Spectrum}.
  
      {Flame tree} (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as
            the {Rhododendron arboreum} in India, and the
            {Brachychiton acerifolium} of Australia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flemer \Flem"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sowens \Sow"ens\ (? [or] ?), n. pl. [Scottish; cf. AS. se[a0]w
      juice, glue, paste.]
      A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made
      from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by
      which common starch is made; -- called {flummery} in England.
      [Written also {sowans}, and {sowins}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flummery \Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
      food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
      sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
      1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a
            sort of pap.
  
                     Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
            trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
  
                     The flummery of modern criticism.      --J. Morley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sowens \Sow"ens\ (? [or] ?), n. pl. [Scottish; cf. AS. se[a0]w
      juice, glue, paste.]
      A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made
      from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by
      which common starch is made; -- called {flummery} in England.
      [Written also {sowans}, and {sowins}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flummery \Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
      food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
      sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
      1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a
            sort of pap.
  
                     Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
            trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
  
                     The flummery of modern criticism.      --J. Morley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foliomort \Fo`li*o*mort"\, a.
      See {Feuillemort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[?]l foul +
      mear[?], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
      and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
      {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
      {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
      originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
      {Poultry}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
            ({Putorius f[d2]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a
            substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
            also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}.
      (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
            species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[?]l foul +
      mear[?], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
      and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
      {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
      {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[?]l foul +
      mear[?], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
      and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
      {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
      {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulimart \Fu"li*mart\, n.
      Same as {Foumart}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[?]l foul +
      mear[?], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
      and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
      {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
      {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulimart \Fu"li*mart\, n.
      Same as {Foumart}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fullmart \Full"mart"\, n.
      See {Foumart}. --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[ucr]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[umac]lm[amac]r.
      See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of sea birds, of the family
      {procellariid[91]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
      Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus
      glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and
      {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p[82]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
      Petrus, Gr. [?] a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called
      in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
      {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
      to the family {Procellarid[91]}. The small petrels, or Mother
      Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}},
      {{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera.
  
      {Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They
            chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
  
      {Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}.
  
      {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}.
  
      {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels,
            especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's
            chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[ucr]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[umac]lm[amac]r.
      See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of sea birds, of the family
      {procellariid[91]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
      Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus
      glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and
      {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p[82]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
      Petrus, Gr. [?] a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called
      in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
      {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
      to the family {Procellarid[91]}. The small petrels, or Mother
      Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}},
      {{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera.
  
      {Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They
            chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
  
      {Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}.
  
      {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}.
  
      {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels,
            especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's
            chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[ucr]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[umac]lm[amac]r.
      See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of sea birds, of the family
      {procellariid[91]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
      Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus
      glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and
      {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and
      fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and
      several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See
      {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},
      {mallemocke}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. {Noddies}. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the
      head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
      1. A simpleton; a fool. --L'Estrange.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any tern of the genus {Anous}, as {A. stolidus}.
            (b) The arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}). Sometimes
                  also applied to other sea birds.
  
      3. An old game at cards. --Halliwell.
  
      4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
  
      5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat
            spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; --
            used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal
            vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[ucr]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[umac]lm[amac]r.
      See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of sea birds, of the family
      {procellariid[91]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
      Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus
      glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and
      {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fillmore, CA (city, FIPS 24092)
      Location: 34.40016 N, 118.91848 W
      Population (1990): 11992 (3528 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Fillmore, IL (village, FIPS 26077)
      Location: 39.11575 N, 89.27928 W
      Population (1990): 326 (147 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62032
   Fillmore, IN (town, FIPS 23188)
      Location: 39.67097 N, 86.75361 W
      Population (1990): 497 (191 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46128
   Fillmore, MO (city, FIPS 24184)
      Location: 40.02548 N, 94.97296 W
      Population (1990): 256 (116 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64449
   Fillmore, ND
      Zip code(s): 58332
   Fillmore, NY (village, FIPS 25747)
      Location: 42.46796 N, 78.11313 W
      Population (1990): 455 (195 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14735
   Fillmore, UT (city, FIPS 25510)
      Location: 38.96770 N, 112.33682 W
      Population (1990): 1956 (721 housing units)
      Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84631

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fillmore County, MN (county, FIPS 45)
      Location: 43.67507 N, 92.08896 W
      Population (1990): 20777 (8356 housing units)
      Area: 2230.7 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
   Fillmore County, NE (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 40.52493 N, 97.59639 W
      Population (1990): 7103 (3102 housing units)
      Area: 1493.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   flame war n.   [common] (var. `flamewar') An acrimonious
   dispute, especially when conducted on a public electronic forum such
   as {Usenet}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   flamer n.   [common] One who habitually {flame}s.   Said esp. of
   obnoxious {Usenet} personalities.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   flame war
  
      An acrimonious dispute conducted on a
      public electronic forum such as {Usenet}.   See {flame}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1998-05-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   flamer
  
      (Or "pain in the net") One who habitually
      {flames}.   Said especially of obnoxious {Usenet}
      personalities.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-08-26)
  
  
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