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   Fagus americana
         n 1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and
               edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {red
               beech}, {Fagus grandifolia}, {Fagus americana}]

English Dictionary: Fachkenntnis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fascism
n
  1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish genus
n
  1. any of various genus of fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish joint
n
  1. a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fish knife
n
  1. a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focus on
v
  1. center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
    Synonym(s): focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focusing
n
  1. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
    Synonym(s): focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
  2. the act of bringing into focus
    Synonym(s): focalization, focalisation, focusing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
focussing
n
  1. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
    Synonym(s): focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fogsignal
n
  1. a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
    Synonym(s): foghorn, fogsignal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fuji-san
n
  1. an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
    Synonym(s): Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujinoyama, Fuji-san
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladies' eardrops \La"dies' ear`drops`\ (Bot.)
      The small-flowered Fuchsia ({F. coccinea}), and other closely
      related species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --McElrath.
  
      Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a
               compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth;
               face plan or face-plan; face hammer.
  
      {Face ague} (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by
            acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by
            twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive
            twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic
            douloureux}.
  
      {Face card}, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human
            face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.
  
      {Face cloth}, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
  
      {Face guard}, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by
            workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of
            metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.
  
      {Face hammer}, a hammer having a flat face.
  
      {Face joint} (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other
            structure.
  
      {Face mite} (Zo[94]ll.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex
            folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the
            face.
  
      {Face mold}, the templet or pattern by which carpenters,
            ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from
            boards, sheet metal, ect.
  
      {Face plate}.
            (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe,
                  to which the work to be turned may be attached.
            (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or
                  shock.
            (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.
  
      {Face wheel}. (Mach.)
            (a) A crown wheel.
            (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and
                  polishing; a lap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Banyan \Ban"yan\, n. [See {Banian}.] (Bot.)
      A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the
      Indian fig ({Ficus Indica}), whose branches send shoots to
      the ground, which take root and become additional trunks,
      until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is
      able to shelter thousands of men.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (Bot.)
      The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
      Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under
      which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and
      so to have become Buddha.
  
               The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists ({Ficus
               religiosa}), which is planted close to every temple,
               and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of
               the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
               ({Ficus Indica}) by sending down no roots from its
               branches.                                                --Tennent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ficus \[d8]Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
      A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
      Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
  
      Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the
               peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
      See {Join}.]
      1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
            united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces
            admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a
            joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
  
      2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
            an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the
            knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket
            joint. See {Articulation}.
  
                     A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must
                     glove this hand.                                 --Shak.
  
                     To tear thee joint by joint.               --Milton.
  
      3. The part or space included between two joints, knots,
            nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass
            stem; a joint of the leg.
  
      4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
            by the butcher for roasting.
  
      5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
            rock transverse to the stratification.
  
      6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
            bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
            mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
  
      7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
            structure are secured together.
  
      {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
            courses of bricks or stones.
  
      {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See
            under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc.
  
      {Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
            one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
            the pieces.
  
      {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
            abutting rails.
  
      {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
            See under {Universal}.
  
      {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.
  
      {Joint splice}, a re[89]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
            parts in their true relation.
  
      {Joint stool}.
            (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
                  --Shak.
            (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
                  a joint chair.
  
      {Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
            a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
            together; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8]
            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE.
      fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
      fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
      piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as
      fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
      with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
      1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
            diverse characteristics, living in the water.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
            fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
            of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
            {Pisces}.
  
      Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
               Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
               (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
               Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
               generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
               fishes.
  
      3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
  
      4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
            (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
                  used to strengthen a mast or yard.
  
      Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
               as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
  
      {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8.
  
      {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
            with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
            round cake. [U.S.]
  
      {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below).
  
      {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
            under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
  
      {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
            ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
            States. It feeds largely on fish.
  
      {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
            pisciculture.
  
      {Fish davit}. See {Davit}.
  
      {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
  
      {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser.
  
      {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
            in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
  
      {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
            taking them easily.
  
      {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}.
  
      {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
            fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
            junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
            railroads.
  
      {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
  
      {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
            leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
  
      {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted
            hair, silk, etc., used in angling.
  
      {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
            esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus},
            {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}.
  
      {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
            bladder, or sound.
  
      {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
            soups, etc.
  
      {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
            animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
           
  
      {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
            genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian
            species ({K. Ceylonensis}).
  
      {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint.
  
      {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
            catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
  
      {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
            catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
            fish trowel.
  
      {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
            fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
            --Knight.
  
      {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
            that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
            the preparation of isinglass.
  
      {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
            or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Fish strainer}.
            (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
                  boiler.
            (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
                  to drain the water from a boiled fish.
  
      {Fish trowel}, a fish slice.
  
      {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching
            fish.
  
      {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
            other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fishskin \Fish"skin`\, n.
      1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
  
      2. (Med.) See {Ichthyosis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ichthyosis \[d8]Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fish.]
      (Med.)
      A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
      called also {fishskin}. -- {Ich`thy*ot"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fishskin \Fish"skin`\, n.
      1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
  
      2. (Med.) See {Ichthyosis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ichthyosis \[d8]Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fish.]
      (Med.)
      A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
      called also {fishskin}. -- {Ich`thy*ot"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fissigemmation \Fis`si*gem*ma"tion\, n. [L. fissus (p. p. of
      findere to split) + E. gemmation.] (Biol.)
      A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and
      gemmation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Focus \Fo"cus\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Focused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Focusing}.]
      To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. --R.
      Hunt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fogyism \Fo"gy*ism\, n.
      The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magenta \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.)
      An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a
      green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of
      red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
      allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye
      was discovered. Called also {fuchsine}, {rose[8b]ne}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuchsine \Fuch"sine\, n. [Named by the French inventor, from
      Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.]
      (Chem.)
      Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic
      green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when
      dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a
      hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See {Rosaniline}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magenta \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.)
      An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a
      green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of
      red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
      allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye
      was discovered. Called also {fuchsine}, {rose[8b]ne}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuchsine \Fuch"sine\, n. [Named by the French inventor, from
      Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.]
      (Chem.)
      Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic
      green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when
      dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a
      hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See {Rosaniline}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bladder \Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[?]dre,
      bl[?]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[?]ra, SW. bl[84]ddra, Dan.
      bl[91]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[be]tara the bladder in the body
      of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same
      root as AS. bl[be]wan, E. blow, to puff. See {Blow} to puff.]
      1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
            receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
            gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
            bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
            inflated with air.
  
      2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
            a thin, watery fluid.
  
      3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
  
      4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. [bd]To swim with
            bladders of philosophy.[b8] --Rochester.
  
      {Bladder nut}, [or] {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants
            ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods.
  
      {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with
            inflated seed pods.
  
      {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with
            membranaceous, inflated pods.
  
      {Bladder worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of
            tapeworm ({T[91]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts
            of animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}.
  
      {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
            seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {F. vesiculosus}) -- called
            also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tang \Tang\ (t[acr]ng), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang
      seaweed, Sw. t[86]ng, Icel. [thorn]ang. Cf. {Tangle}.] (Bot.)
      A coarse blackish seaweed ({Fuscus nodosus}). --Dr. Prior.
  
      {Tang sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fish Camp, CA
      Zip code(s): 93623

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fuzzy computing
  
      {fuzzy logic}
  
  
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