fan fern
         n 1: large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked
               fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia [syn:
               {umbrella fern}, {fan fern}, {Sticherus flabellatus},
               {Gleichenia flabellata}]

English Dictionary: fan fern	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanfare n a gaudy outward display [syn: ostentation, fanfare, flash] (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" Synonym(s): flourish, fanfare, tucket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fannie Farmer n an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) Synonym(s): Farmer, Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fenoprofen n a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders Synonym(s): fenoprofen, fenoprofen calcium, Nalfon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fenoprofen calcium n a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders Synonym(s): fenoprofen, fenoprofen calcium, Nalfon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fimbria n thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fimbriate adj having a fringe of slender processes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fine print n the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print" Synonym(s): fine print, small print material printed in small type; "he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print" Synonym(s): small print, fine print
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funfair n a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement Synonym(s): amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. Synonym(s): carnival, fair, funfair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
funny farm n pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fanfare \Fan"fare`\, n. [F. Cf. {Fanfaron}.]       A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;       also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns       during the chase.                   The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various                Christian princes.                                 --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fanfaronade \Fan*far`on*ade"\, n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp.       fanfarronada. See {Fanfaron}.]       A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fimbria \[d8]Fim"bri*a\, n.; pl. {Fimbri[91]}. [L., fringe.       See {Fringle}.] (Anat.)       (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border.       (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the             brain. -- {Fim"bri*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fimbria \[d8]Fim"bri*a\, n.; pl. {Fimbri[91]}. [L., fringe.       See {Fringle}.] (Anat.)       (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border.       (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the             brain. -- {Fim"bri*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbriate \Fim*bri*ate\, a. [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr.       fimbria fiber, fringe. See {Fringe}.]       Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes       thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the       pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.]       To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.]       To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbriated \Fim"bri*a`ted\, a.       1. Having a fringed border; fimbriate.          2. (Her.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; --             said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbriate \Fim"bri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fimbriated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Fimbriating}.]       To hem; to fringe. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fimbricate \Fim"bri*cate\, a.       1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.          2. (Zo[94]l.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight             hairs, as the antenn[91] of certain insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fine \Fine\, n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final       agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum       of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a       transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF.       fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See {Finish}, and cf.       {Finance}.]       1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] [bd]To             see their fatal fine.[b8] --Spenser.                         Is this the fine of his fines?            --Shak.          2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by             way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a             payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for             an offense; a mulct.          3. (Law)             (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or                   rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.                   --Spelman.             (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining                   a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a                   copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.          {Fine for alienation} (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to             the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over             his land to another. --Burrill.          {Fine of lands}, a species of conveyance in the form of a             fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the             acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was             the right of the other party. --Burrill. See {Concord},             n., 4.          {In fine}, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing             up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fumiferous \Fu*mif"er*ous\, a. [L. fumifer; fumus smoke + ferre       to bear.]       Producing smoke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funebrial \Fu*ne"bri*al\, a. [L. funebris belonging to a       funeral, fr. funus funeral.]       Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.       [Obs.] [Written also {funebral}.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funebrial \Fu*ne"bri*al\, a. [L. funebris belonging to a       funeral, fr. funus funeral.]       Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.       [Obs.] [Written also {funebral}.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Funebrious \Fu*ne"bri*ous\, a.       Funebrial. [Obs.]