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   fan belt
         n 1: a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that
               pulls air through the radiator

English Dictionary: foamflower by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fan blade
n
  1. blade of a rotating fan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fan palm
n
  1. palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fan vaulting
n
  1. an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finable
adj
  1. liable to a fine
    Synonym(s): finable, fineable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fineable
adj
  1. liable to a fine
    Synonym(s): finable, fineable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foamflower
n
  1. stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
    Synonym(s): foamflower, coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumble
n
  1. (sports) dropping the ball
    Synonym(s): fumble, muff
v
  1. feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
    Synonym(s): grope, fumble
  2. make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
    Synonym(s): fumble, blunder
  3. handle clumsily
  4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
    Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
  5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumbler
n
  1. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fumbling
adj
  1. showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
    Synonym(s): bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Famble \Fam"ble\, v. i. [OE. falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope,
      Dan. famle to grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. f[be]lma to
      grope. Cf. {Famble}.]
      To stammer. [Obs.] --Nares.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Famble \Fam"ble\, n. [Cf. {Famble}, v.]
      A hand. [Slang & Obs.] [bd]We clap our fambles.[b8] --Beau. &
      Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing
      grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.]
      1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
            air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
            surface; as:
            (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
                  feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
                  sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
                  opened to radiate from the center and assume the
                  figure of a section of a circle.
            (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
                  currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
                  ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
                  resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
            (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
                  grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
                  separated and blown away.
            (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
                  peacock's tail, a window, etc.
            (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
                  a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
  
                           Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
                           the shovel and with the fan.         --Is. xxx. 24.
  
      2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
            as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
            heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
            flame of his passion.
  
      3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
            inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
            (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
            ventilation; a fanner.
  
      {Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket.
  
      {Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
            the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
            windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
            doorways.
  
      {Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family
            {Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1.
  
      {Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
            of fan vaulting.
  
      {Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
            which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
            in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
            peculiar to English Gothic.
  
      {Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower.
  
      {Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan palm \Fan" palm`\ (Bot.)
      Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the
      {Cham[91]rops humilis} of Southern Europe; the species of
      {Sabal} and {Thrinax} in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and
      especially the great talipot tree ({Corypha umbraculifera})
      of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often
      eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for
      umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for
      books and manuscripts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing
      grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.]
      1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
            air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
            surface; as:
            (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
                  feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
                  sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
                  opened to radiate from the center and assume the
                  figure of a section of a circle.
            (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
                  currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
                  ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
                  resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
            (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
                  grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
                  separated and blown away.
            (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
                  peacock's tail, a window, etc.
            (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
                  a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
  
                           Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
                           the shovel and with the fan.         --Is. xxx. 24.
  
      2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
            as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
            heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
            flame of his passion.
  
      3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
            inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
            (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
            ventilation; a fanner.
  
      {Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket.
  
      {Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
            the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
            windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
            doorways.
  
      {Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family
            {Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1.
  
      {Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
            of fan vaulting.
  
      {Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
            which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
            in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
            peculiar to English Gothic.
  
      {Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower.
  
      {Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fen \Fen\, n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen,
      OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth.
      fani mud.]
      Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with
      water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic
      plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
  
               'Mid reedy fens wide spread.                  --Wordsworth.
  
      Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to,
               or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
  
      {Fen boat}, a boat of light draught used in marshes.
  
      {Fen duck} (Zo[94]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the
            shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Fen fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens.
  
      {Fen goose} (Zo[94]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      {Fen land}, swamp land.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finble \Fin"ble\, n., [or] Fimble hemp \Fim"ble hemp`\
      [Corrupted from female hemp.]
      Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finable \Fin"a*ble\, a. [From {Fine}.]
      Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.
      --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finble \Fin"ble\, n., [or] Fimble hemp \Fim"ble hemp`\
      [Corrupted from female hemp.]
      Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fine \Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final
      agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum
      of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a
      transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF.
      fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See {Finish}, and cf.
      {Finance}.]
      1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] [bd]To
            see their fatal fine.[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     Is this the fine of his fines?            --Shak.
  
      2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by
            way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a
            payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for
            an offense; a mulct.
  
      3. (Law)
            (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or
                  rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
                  --Spelman.
            (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining
                  a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a
                  copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
  
      {Fine for alienation} (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to
            the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over
            his land to another. --Burrill.
  
      {Fine of lands}, a species of conveyance in the form of a
            fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the
            acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was
            the right of the other party. --Burrill. See {Concord},
            n., 4.
  
      {In fine}, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing
            up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fumbling}.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw.
      fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope,
      fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See {Feel},
      and cf. {Fanble}, {Palm}.]
      1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
            find something.
  
                     Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
                                                                              --Fielding.
  
      2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
            fumble for an excuse. --Dryden.
  
                     My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
                     Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  
                     I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
                     flowers.                                             --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. t.
      To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fumbling}.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw.
      fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope,
      fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See {Feel},
      and cf. {Fanble}, {Palm}.]
      1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
            find something.
  
                     Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
                                                                              --Fielding.
  
      2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
            fumble for an excuse. --Dryden.
  
                     My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
                     Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  
                     I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
                     flowers.                                             --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumbler \Fum"bler\, n.
      One who fumbles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fumbling}.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw.
      fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope,
      fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See {Feel},
      and cf. {Fanble}, {Palm}.]
      1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
            find something.
  
                     Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
                                                                              --Fielding.
  
      2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
            fumble for an excuse. --Dryden.
  
                     My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
                     Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  
                     I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
                     flowers.                                             --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumblingly \Fum"bling*ly\, adv.
      In the manner of one who fumbles.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fennville, MI (city, FIPS 27740)
      Location: 42.59479 N, 86.10516 W
      Population (1990): 1023 (388 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49408

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fombell, PA
      Zip code(s): 16123

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FMPL
  
      {Frobozz Magic Programming Language}
  
  
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