full-bosomed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   fall back
         v 1: fall backwards and down
         2: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
            development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall back}, {fall
            behind}]
         3: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
         4: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {fall behind},
            {recede}] [ant: {advance}, {gain}, {gain ground}, {get
            ahead}, {make headway}, {pull ahead}, {win}]
         5: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
            [syn: {fall back}, {resort}, {recur}]
         6: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
            minor criminals" [syn: {relapse}, {lapse}, {recidivate},
            {regress}, {retrogress}, {fall back}]

English Dictionary: full-bosomed	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fallback n to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: disengagement, fallback, pullout]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fallopius n Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) Synonym(s): Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Fallopio, Gabriello Fallopio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filefish n narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filibuster n a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes Synonym(s): filibuster, filibusterer (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches v obstruct deliberately by delaying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filibusterer n a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes Synonym(s): filibuster, filibusterer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flapcake n a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flapjack n a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaps n a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag Synonym(s): flap, flaps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flavius Claudius Julianus n Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363) Synonym(s): Julian, Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flavius Josephus n Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) Synonym(s): Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flavius Theodosius n the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) Synonym(s): Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flavius Valerius Constantinus n Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) Synonym(s): Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fleabag n a run-down hotel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flip chart n a chart with several sheets hinged at the top; sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flip side n a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flophouse n a cheap lodging house Synonym(s): flophouse, dosshouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluvastatin n least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime Synonym(s): fluvastatin, Lescol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fly poison n all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae Synonym(s): fly poison, Amianthum muscaetoxicum, Amianthum muscitoxicum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fly-fish v fish with flies as lures Synonym(s): fly-fish, flyfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fly-fishing n angling with an artificial fly as a lure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flyfish v fish with flies as lures Synonym(s): fly-fish, flyfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flypast n a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground Synonym(s): flyover, fly-by, flypast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fowl pest n either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full page n something that covers an entire page; "the ad took up a full page"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full phase of the moon n the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full" Synonym(s): full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full-bosomed adj (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" Synonym(s): bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well- endowed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full-face adj looking forward [syn: guardant(ip), gardant(ip), full-face]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full-fashioned adj knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery" Synonym(s): full-fashioned, fully fashioned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full-page adj occupying an entire page in a book or paper; "a full-page ad"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fullback n (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team (American football) the position of a back on a football team v play the fullback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fully fashioned adj knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery" Synonym(s): full-fashioned, fully fashioned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulvic acid n a yellow to yellow-brown humic substance that is soluble in water under all pH conditions; "they measured the fluvial fulvic acid"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fulvicin n a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium Synonym(s): griseofulvin, Fulvicin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water fish of the United States ({Semotilus bullaris}); -- called also {silver chub}, and {Shiner}. The name is also applied to other allied species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filefish \File"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any plectognath fish of the genera {Monacanthus}, {Alutera}, {balistes}, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibeg \Fil"i*beg\, n. [Gael. feileadhbeag, i. e., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as {Kilt}. [Written also {philibeg}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibuster \Fil"i*bus`ter\, n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See {Freebooter}.] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibuster \Fil"ibuster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fillibustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filibustering}.] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. --Bartlett. 2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibuster \Fil"ibuster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fillibustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filibustering}.] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. --Bartlett. 2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibusterism \Fil"ibus`terism\, n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fillibeg \Fil"li*beg\, n. A kilt. See {Filibeg}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fillibuster \Fil"li*bus`ter\, n. See {Filibuster}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filibuster \Fil"ibuster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fillibustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filibustering}.] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. --Bartlett. 2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flapjack \Flap"jack`\, n. 1. A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake. 2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flavescent \Fla*ves"cent\, a. [L. flavescens, p. pr. of flavescere to turn yellow.] Turning yellow; yellowish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flavicomous \Flavic"omous\, a. [L. flavicomus; flavus yellow + coma hair.] Having yellow hair. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flavous \Fla"vous\, a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flow \Flow\, n. 1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood. 2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words. 3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. --Pope. 4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See {Ebb and flow}, under {Ebb}. 5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also {flow moss} and {flow bog}. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluffy \Fluff"y\, a. [Compar. {Fluffier}; superl. {Fluffiest}.] Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy. [bd]The carpets were fluffy.[b8] --Thackeray. The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. --Dickens. -- {Fluff"i*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluophosphate \Flu`o*phos"phate\, n. [Fluo- + phosphate.] (Chem.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluviograph \Flu"viograph\, n. [L. fluvius river + -graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flyfish \Fly"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A California scorp[91]noid fish ({Sebastichthys rhodochloris}), having brilliant colors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fly-fish \Fly"-fish\, v. i. To angle, using flies for bait. --Walton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flyfish \Fly"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A California scorp[91]noid fish ({Sebastichthys rhodochloris}), having brilliant colors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fly-fish \Fly"-fish\, v. i. To angle, using flies for bait. --Walton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th {Foil}.] 1. A leaf of a book or manuscript. 2. A sheet of paper once folded. 3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under {Paper}. 4. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand. 5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. 6. (Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolfish \Fool"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The orange filefish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Back \Back\, n. [As b[91]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[?]g[?] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. 2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds. --Milton. 3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. --Donne. 4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney. 5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village. 6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw. 7. A support or resource in reserve. This project Should have a back or second, that might hold, If this should blast in proof. --Shak. 8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship. 9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. 10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing. A bak to walken inne by daylight. --Chaucer. {Behind one's back}, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. {Full back}, {Half back}, {Quarter back} (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. {To be or lie on one's back}, to be helpless. {To put}, {or get}, {one's back up}, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked.). [Colloq.] {To see the back of}, to get rid of. {To turn the back}, to go away; to flee. {To turn the back on one}, to forsake or neglect him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulvous \Ful"vous\, a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. --Lindley.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Folly Beach, SC (city, FIPS 26035) Location: 32.67452 N, 79.92742 W Population (1990): 1398 (1391 housing units) Area: 14.7 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flypage /fli:'payj/ n. (alt. `fly page') A {banner}, sense 1.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fall back A feature of a {modem} {protocol} where two modems which experience data corruption, e.g. due to line noise, can renegotiate to use a lower speed connection. See also {fall forward}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FC-PGA) The package of certain {Intel} {Celeron} and {Pentium III} processors. FC-PGA processors fit into {Socket 370} {motherboard} sockets. The Flip Chip {Pin Grid Array} is similar to {PPGA}, except that the {silicon} {core} is facing up and the {heat slug} is exposed. FC-PGA packaging is used by Pentium III processors, and Celeron 566 processors onward. Earlier Celeron processors used {PPGA} packaging. Celeron processors are also available in {Slot 1} {SEPP} packaging and Pentium III processors in Slot 1 {SECC2} packaging. Adapters are available to allow a PPGA Celeron to plug into a Slot 1 connector. (2000-08-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLIP-SPUR Early system on IBM 1103 or 1103A. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLOPS {Floating-point} operations per second.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flops The {MFLOPS} {benchmark}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLOPS {Floating-point} operations per second.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flops The {MFLOPS} {benchmark}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flow of control {control flow}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fly page {banner}