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fancy goods
n 1: goods that are chiefly ornamental

English Dictionary: fungus gnat	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fence-sitter n a person who won't take sides in a controversy
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fencesitter n a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) Synonym(s): mugwump, independent, fencesitter
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finish coat n the final coat of paint [syn: finish coat, {finishing coat}] the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings; "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat" Synonym(s): finish coat, finishing coat
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Finnish capital n the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center Synonym(s): Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of Finland, Finnish capital
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Fomes igniarius n fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses [syn: agaric, Fomes igniarius]
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fungicidal adj capable of destroying fungi [syn: fungicidal, antifungal]
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fungicide n any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi Synonym(s): antifungal, antifungal agent, fungicide, antimycotic, antimycotic agent
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fungous adj of or relating to fungi Synonym(s): fungal, fungous
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fungus n an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
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fungus family n includes lichen families
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fungus genus n includes lichen genera
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fungus gnat n minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings Synonym(s): fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
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fungus kingdom n the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants Synonym(s): Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom
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fungus order n the order of fungi
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funguslike adj resembling fungi Synonym(s): fungoid, funguslike
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Funkaceae n one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta Synonym(s): Hostaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, n.; pl. {Fancies}. [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to show; akin to [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?], light, Skr. bh[be]to shine. Cf. {Fantasy}, {Fantasia}, {Epiphany}, {Phantom}.] 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. --Milton. 2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? --Shak. 3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. --Locke. 4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. To fit your fancies to your father's will. --Shak. 5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. --Mortimer. 6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] --Shak. {The fancy}, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. --De Quincey. Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See {Imagination}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. 2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay. {Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. {Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. {Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. {Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. {Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. {Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. {Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. {Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. 2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay. {Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. {Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. {Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. {Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. {Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. {Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. {Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. {Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. 2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay. {Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. {Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. {Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. {Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. {Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. {Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. {Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. {Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fancy-sick \Fan"cy-sick`\, a. Love-sick. --Shak.
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]:
Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fen-sucked \Fen"-sucked`\, a. Sucked out of marches. [bd]Fen-sucked fogs.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foam \Foam\, n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. {Foam cock}, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumacious \Fu*ma"cious\, a. [From Fume.] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungic \Fun"gic\, a. [L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fungique, fongique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungicide \Fun"gicide`\, n. [Fungi + -cide, fr. L. caedere to kill.] Anything that kills fungi. -- {Fun`gici"dal}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungicide \Fun"gicide`\, n. [Fungi + -cide, fr. L. caedere to kill.] Anything that kills fungi. -- {Fun`gici"dal}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungosity \Fungos"ity\, n. [Cf. F. fungosit[82], fongosit[82].] The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungous \Fun"gous\, a. [L. fungosus: cf. F. fungueux.] 1. Of the nature of fungi; spongy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungus \Fun"gus\, n.; pl. L. {Fungi}, E. {Funguses}. [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. [?] sponge, for [?];if so, cf. E. sponge.] 1. (Bot.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. Note: The fungi are all destitute of chorophyll, and, therefore, to be supplied with elaborated nourishment, must live as saprophytes or parasites. They range in size from single microscopic cells to systems of entangled threads many feet in extent, which develop reproductive bodies as large as a man's head. The vegetative system consists of septate or rarely unseptate filaments called hyph[ae]; the aggregation of hyph[ae] into structures of more or less definite form is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement. 2. (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. --Hoblyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fungus \Fun"gus\, n.; pl. L. {Fungi}, E. {Funguses}. [L., a mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. [?] sponge, for [?];if so, cf. E. sponge.] 1. (Bot.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. Note: The fungi are all destitute of chorophyll, and, therefore, to be supplied with elaborated nourishment, must live as saprophytes or parasites. They range in size from single microscopic cells to systems of entangled threads many feet in extent, which develop reproductive bodies as large as a man's head. The vegetative system consists of septate or rarely unseptate filaments called hyph[ae]; the aggregation of hyph[ae] into structures of more or less definite form is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement. 2. (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. --Hoblyn.
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Fancy Gap, VA Zip code(s): 24328
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Fenwick Island, DE (town, FIPS 26880) Location: 38.46074 N, 75.05383 W Population (1990): 186 (668 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fincastle, KY (city, FIPS 27262) Location: 38.30765 N, 85.54230 W Population (1990): 838 (294 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fincastle, VA (town, FIPS 27824) Location: 37.49857 N, 79.87546 W Population (1990): 236 (114 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24090