f number
         n 1: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
               lens system [syn: {focal ratio}, {f number}, {stop number},
               {speed}]

English Dictionary: funambulism	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funambulism n walking on a tightrope or slack rope [syn: funambulism, tightrope walking]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funambulist n an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope [syn: funambulist, tightrope walker]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] smoke, cloud, stupor       arising from fever; akin to [?] to smoke, Skr. dh[?]pa       smoke.] (Med.)       A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks,       attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and       marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also       called {jail fever}, {famine fever}, {putrid fever},       {spottled fever}, etc. See {Jail fever}, under {Jail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.       Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a       former worse state.          {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious             fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,             and some other regions. It is marked by one or two             remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,             and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral             bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not             usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring             fever}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Famine \Fam"ine\, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr.       [?][?][?][?][?] want, need, Skr. h[be]ni loss, lack, h[be] to       leave.]       General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;       destitution. [bd]Worn with famine.[b8] --Milton.                   There was a famine in the land.               --Gen. xxvi.                                                                               1.          {Famine fever} (Med.), typhus fever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] smoke, cloud, stupor       arising from fever; akin to [?] to smoke, Skr. dh[?]pa       smoke.] (Med.)       A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks,       attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and       marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also       called {jail fever}, {famine fever}, {putrid fever},       {spottled fever}, etc. See {Jail fever}, under {Jail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.       Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a       former worse state.          {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious             fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,             and some other regions. It is marked by one or two             remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,             and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral             bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not             usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring             fever}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Famine \Fam"ine\, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr.       [?][?][?][?][?] want, need, Skr. h[be]ni loss, lack, h[be] to       leave.]       General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions;       destitution. [bd]Worn with famine.[b8] --Milton.                   There was a famine in the land.               --Gen. xxvi.                                                                               1.          {Famine fever} (Med.), typhus fever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funambulate \Fu*nam"bu*late\, v. i. [See {Funambulo}.]       To walk or to dance on a rope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funambulation \Fu*nam"bu*la`tion\, n.       Ropedancing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funambulatory \Fu*nam"bu*la`to*ry\, a.       1. Performing like a ropedancer. --Chambers.          2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.                         This funambulatory track.                  --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funambulist \Fu*nam"bu*list\, n.       A ropewalker or ropedancer.