faineant
         adj 1: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under
                  whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-
                  on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle
                  youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not
                  necessarily work-shy" [syn: {faineant}, {indolent},
                  {lazy}, {otiose}, {slothful}, {work-shy}]

English Dictionary: faineant	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finnan haddie n haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter Synonym(s): finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finnan haddock n haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter Synonym(s): finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foment v try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, foment, stir up] bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fomentation n a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) Synonym(s): fomentation, instigation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fomenter n one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: agitator, fomenter]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fain82ant deity \Fain[82]ant deity\       A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in       human affairs, hence not worshiped.
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]:
Feminate \Fem"i*nate\, a. [L. feminatus effeminate.]       Feminine. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Femineity \Fem`i*ne"i*ty\, n. [L. femineus womanly.]       Womanliness; femininity. --C. Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feminity \Fe*min"i*ty\, n.       Womanliness; femininity. [Obs.] [bd]Trained up in true       feminity.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matte \Matte\, n. [F. matte; cf. F. mat, masc., matte, fem.,       faint, dull, dim; -- said of metals. See {Mate} checkmate.]       1. (Metallurgy) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by             alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating             the metal from associated iron ores, and called {coarse             metal}, {fine metal}, etc., according to the grade of             fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but             on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.          2. A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf             is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is             purposely deprived of gloss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finnan haddie \Fin"nan had"die\ [See {Haddock}.]       Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron.       f[cc]n"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds       of smoked haddock. [Written also {finnan haddock}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finnan haddie \Fin"nan had"die\ [See {Haddock}.]       Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron.       f[cc]n"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds       of smoked haddock. [Written also {finnan haddock}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foment \Fo"ment\, n.       1. Fomentation.          2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.                         He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was                      kept up.                                             --Julian                                                                               Ralph.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foment \Fo*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fomented}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fomenting}.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum       (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to       warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. [?] to roast, and E.       bake.]       1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge             wet with warm water or medicated liquid.          2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]                         Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.                                                                               --Milton.          3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by             excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used             often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.                         But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.                         Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.                                                                               --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fomentation \Fo`men*ta"tion\, n. [[?]. fomentatio: cf. F.       fomentation.]       1. (Med.)             (a) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft,                   medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing                   pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.             (b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.          2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.                         Dishonest fomentation of your pride.   --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foment \Fo*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fomented}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fomenting}.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum       (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to       warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. [?] to roast, and E.       bake.]       1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge             wet with warm water or medicated liquid.          2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]                         Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.                                                                               --Milton.          3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by             excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used             often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.                         But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.                         Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.                                                                               --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fomenter \Fo*ment"er\, n.       One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a       fomenter of sedition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foment \Fo*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fomented}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fomenting}.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum       (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to       warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. [?] to roast, and E.       bake.]       1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge             wet with warm water or medicated liquid.          2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]                         Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.                                                                               --Milton.          3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by             excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used             often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. --Locke.                         But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.                         Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.                                                                               --Southey.