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   fairy lantern
         n 1: any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-
               shaped flowers [syn: {globe lily}, {fairy lantern}]

English Dictionary: free-lance(a) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fairyland
n
  1. something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
    Synonym(s): fantasy world, phantasy world, fairyland
  2. the enchanted realm of fairies
    Synonym(s): fairyland, faerie, faery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Farley maidenhair
n
  1. named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
    Synonym(s): Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Farley maidenhair fern
n
  1. named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
    Synonym(s): Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feral man
n
  1. a person who is not socialized [syn: wild man, {feral man}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
for all intents and purposes
adv
  1. in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"
    Synonym(s): for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foreland
n
  1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
    Synonym(s): promontory, headland, head, foreland
  2. land forming the forward margin of something
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forelimb
n
  1. the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-lane
adj
  1. having two lanes for traffic in each direction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-lined leaf bug
n
  1. yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
    Synonym(s): four-lined plant bug, four-lined leaf bug, Poecilocapsus lineatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
four-lined plant bug
n
  1. yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
    Synonym(s): four-lined plant bug, four-lined leaf bug, Poecilocapsus lineatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frailness
n
  1. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
    Synonym(s): infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fraulein
n
  1. a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
free lance
n
  1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    Synonym(s): freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
free lunch
n
  1. something acquired without effort or payment or obligation; "there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
free-lance
adj
  1. working for yourself [syn: freelance, free-lance, self-employed]
    Antonym(s): salaried
  2. serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
    Synonym(s): mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)
n
  1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    Synonym(s): freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freelance
adj
  1. working for yourself [syn: freelance, free-lance, self-employed]
    Antonym(s): salaried
  2. serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers"
    Synonym(s): mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)
n
  1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    Synonym(s): freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
v
  1. work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freelancer
n
  1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    Synonym(s): freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freewheeling
adj
  1. free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"
  2. cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
    Synonym(s): carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go- lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Friulian
n
  1. a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy [syn: Friulian, Friuli]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furlong
n
  1. a unit of length equal to 220 yards
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fairyland \Fair"y*land`\n.
      The imaginary land or abode of fairies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferule \Fer"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feruled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Feruling}.]
      To punish with a ferule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D.
      voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[81]r, Icel. fyrir,
      Sw. f[94]r, Dan. for, adv. f[94]r, Goth. fa[a3]r, fa[a3]ra,
      L. pro, Gr. [?], Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First},
      {Foremost}, {Forth}, {Pro}-.]
      In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration
      of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done
      or takes place.
  
      1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action;
            the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an
            act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of
            which a thing is or is done.
  
                     With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak.
  
                     How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller.
  
                     Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at
                     home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a
                     bowl for C[91]sar's health.               --Dryden.
  
                     That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to
                     crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness
                     of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to
                     grant.                                                --Hooker.
  
      2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the
            end or final cause with reference to which anything is,
            acts, serves, or is done.
  
                     The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs,
                     the poplar for the mill.                     --Spenser.
  
                     It was young counsel for the persons, and violent
                     counsel for the matters.                     --Bacon.
  
                     Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men
                     are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for
                     protection, but to be devoured?         --Dryden.
  
                     For he writes not for money, nor for praise.
                                                                              --Denham.
  
      3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which,
            anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of;
            on the side of; -- opposed to against.
  
                     We can do nothing against the truth, but for the
                     truth.                                                --2 Cor. xiii.
                                                                              8.
  
                     It is for the general good of human society, and
                     consequently of particular persons, to be true and
                     just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
                     Aristotle is for poetical justice.      --Dennis.
  
      4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is
            directed, or the point toward which motion is made;
            [?]ntending to go to.
  
                     We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon.
  
      5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything
            acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an
            equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or
            made; instead of, or place of.
  
                     And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give
                     life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
                     for hand, foot for foot.                     --Ex. xxi. 23,
                                                                              24.
  
      6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which
            anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
  
                     We take a falling meteor for a star.   --Cowley.
  
                     If a man can be fully assured of anything for a
                     truth, without having examined, what is there that
                     he may not embrace for tru[?]?            --Locke.
  
                     Most of our ingenious young men take up some
                     cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden.
  
                     But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips.
  
      7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls
            in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which
            anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to
            notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by
            all, aught, anything, etc.
  
                     The writer will do what she please for all me.
                                                                              --Spectator.
  
                     God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next
                     minute supervene.                              --Dr. H. More.
  
                     For anything that legally appears to the contrary,
                     it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift.
  
      8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or
            state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or
            time of.
  
                     For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. --Shak.
  
                     Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.
                                                                              --prior.
  
                     To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
                                                                              --Garth.
  
      9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of
            which, anything is done. [Obs.]
  
                     We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
                                                                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {For}, [or] {As for}, so far as concerns; as regards; with
            reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently.
            See under {As}.
  
                     As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
                                                                              --Josh. xxiv.
                                                                              15.
  
                     For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of
                     death securely tend.                           --Dryden.
  
      {For all that}, notwithstanding; in spite of.
  
      {For all the world}, wholly; exactly. [bd]Whose posy was, for
            all the world, like cutlers' poetry.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {For as much as}, [or] {Forasmuch as}, in consideration that;
            seeing that; since.
  
      {For by}. See {Forby}, adv.
  
      {For ever}, eternally; at all times. See {Forever}.
  
      {For me}, [or] {For all me}, as far as regards me.
  
      {For my life}, [or] {For the life of me}, if my life depended
            on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook.
  
      {For that}, {For the reason that}, because; since. [Obs.]
            [bd]For that I love your daughter.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {For thy}, [or] {Forthy} [AS. for[?][?].], for this; on this
            account. [Obs.] [bd]Thomalin, have no care for thy.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
      {For to}, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of.
            [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] --
            [bd]What went ye out for to see?[b8] --Luke vii. 25. See
            {To}, prep., 4.
  
      {O for}, would that I had; may there be granted; --
            elliptically expressing desire or prayer. [bd]O for a muse
            of fire.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Were it not for}, [or] {If it were not for}, leaving out of
            account; but for the presence or action of. [bd]Moral
            consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were
            it not for the will.[b8] --Sir M. Hale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foreland \Fore"land`\, n.
      1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South
            Foreland in Kent, England.
  
      2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and
            the moat. --Farrow.
  
      3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the
            outside of the embankment which receives the stock of
            waves and deadens their force. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forelend \Fore*lend"\, v. t.
      See {Forlend}. [Obs.]
  
               As if that life to losse they had forelent. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forlend \For*lend"\, v. t.
      To give up wholly. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fourling \Four"ling\, n.
      1. One of four children born at the same time.
  
      2. (Crystallog.) A compound or twin crystal consisting of
            four individuals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frailness \Frail"ness\, n.
      Frailty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr.
      [?]. Cf. {Launch}.]
      1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and
            a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and
            often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or
            harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
  
                     A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak.
  
      2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
  
      3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the
            mold in casting a shell.
  
      4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
            of ordnance and forces it home.
  
      5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with
            combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
            figure.
  
      {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight
            or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or
            commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who
            assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility
            without regard to party lines or deference to authority.
           
  
      {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or
            stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
  
      {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}.
  
      {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson.
  
      {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a
            composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used
            in the counter operations of miners.
  
      {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frill \Frill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Frilling}.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold,
      dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.]
      1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
            --Johnson.
  
      2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Furl \Furl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furld}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Furling}.] [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F.
      ferler to furl, OF. fardeler to pack. See {Furdle}, {Fardel},
      and cf. {Farl}.]
      To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as
      a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag,
      close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket
      or line. Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Furlong \Fur"long\, n. [OE. furlong, furlang, AS. furlang,
      furlung, prop., the length of a furrow; furh furrow + lang
      long. See {Furrow}, and {Long}, a.]
      A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods;
      two hundred and twenty yards.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fair Lawn, NJ (borough, FIPS 22470)
      Location: 40.93597 N, 74.11804 W
      Population (1990): 30548 (11759 housing units)
      Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07410

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fairland, IN (CDP, FIPS 22396)
      Location: 39.59872 N, 85.85812 W
      Population (1990): 1348 (479 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46126
   Fairland, MD (CDP, FIPS 27250)
      Location: 39.08217 N, 76.95155 W
      Population (1990): 19828 (8473 housing units)
      Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Fairland, OK (town, FIPS 24900)
      Location: 36.75100 N, 94.84861 W
      Population (1990): 916 (409 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74343

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fairlawn, OH (city, FIPS 26166)
      Location: 41.12495 N, 81.62126 W
      Population (1990): 5779 (2507 housing units)
      Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44333
   Fairlawn, VA (CDP, FIPS 26736)
      Location: 37.15126 N, 80.55953 W
      Population (1990): 2399 (999 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24141

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Farlington, KS
      Zip code(s): 66734

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Freeland, MD
      Zip code(s): 21053
   Freeland, MI (CDP, FIPS 30540)
      Location: 43.52106 N, 84.11773 W
      Population (1990): 1421 (539 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48623
   Freeland, PA (borough, FIPS 27744)
      Location: 41.02075 N, 75.89635 W
      Population (1990): 3909 (1754 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18224
   Freeland, WA (CDP, FIPS 25510)
      Location: 48.01305 N, 122.53774 W
      Population (1990): 1278 (659 housing units)
      Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98249

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Furlong, PA
      Zip code(s): 18925

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   firewall machine n.   A dedicated gateway machine with special
   security precautions on it, used to service outside network
   connections and dial-in lines.   The idea is to protect a cluster of
   more loosely administered machines hidden behind it from {cracker}s.
   The typical firewall is an inexpensive micro-based Unix box kept
   clean of critical data, with a bunch of modems and public network
   ports on it but just one carefully watched connection back to the
   rest of the cluster.   The special precautions may include threat
   monitoring, callback, and even a complete {iron box} keyable to
   particular incoming IDs or activity patterns.   Syn. {flytrap},
   {Venus flytrap}.
  
      [When first coined in the mid-1980s this term was pure jargon. Now
   (1999) it is techspeak, and has been retained only as an example of
   uptake --ESR]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   firewall machine
  
      A dedicated gateway machine with special security
      precautions on it, used to service outside network, especially
      {Internet}, connections and dial-in lines.   The idea is to
      protect a cluster of more loosely administered machines hidden
      behind it from {crackers}.   The typical firewall is an
      inexpensive {microprocessor}-based {Unix} machine with no
      critical data, with modems and public network ports on it, but
      just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the
      cluster.   The special precautions may include threat
      monitoring, {call-back}, and even a complete {iron box}
      keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns.
  
      Firewalls often run {proxy gateways}.
  
      Synonym {flytrap}, {Venus flytrap}.
  
      (1997-06-08)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Furlong
      a stadium, a Greek measure of distance equal to 606 feet and 9
      inches (Luke 24:13; John 6:19; 11:18; Rev. 14:20; 21:16).
     
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