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   fallal
         n 1: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle},
               {bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {fallal}, {trinket}]

English Dictionary: filial by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filial
adj
  1. designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
    Antonym(s): parental
  2. relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
    Antonym(s): maternal, parental, paternal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flail
n
  1. an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
v
  1. give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh, lam, flail]
  2. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
    Synonym(s): flail, thresh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flywheel
n
  1. regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuel oil
n
  1. a petroleum product used for fuel [syn: fuel oil, heating oil]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fellowly \Fel"low*ly\, a.
      Fellowlike. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filial \Fil"ial\, a. [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia
      daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. {Fitz}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child
            in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
  
      2. Bearing the relation of a child.
  
                     And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filially \Fil"ial*ly\, adv.
      In a filial manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flail \Flail\, n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a
      threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fl[82]au. See
      {Flagellum}.]
      1. An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear
            by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the
            end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a
            swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.
  
                     His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. --Milton.
  
      2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often
            having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or
            loaded. --Fairholt.
  
                     No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried
                     under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to
                     brain the Popish assassins.               --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flaily \Flail"y\, a.
      Acting like a flail. [Obs.] --Vicars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
  
                     A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
      4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
  
      5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
            hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
  
      6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
            the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.
  
      7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
            wind blows.
  
      8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
            marked; the compass card. --Totten.
  
      9. (Mech.)
            (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
                  fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
                  machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
                  striking part of a clock.
            (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
                  on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
                  motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
                  power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
                  is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
                  press. See {Fly wheel} (below).
  
      10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
            holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
            penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
  
      11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
            spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
  
      12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
            jerk. --Knight.
  
      13.
            (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
                  the press.
            (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
                  to a power printing press for doing the same work.
  
      14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
            over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
            of the tent at no other place.
  
      15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
  
      16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
            overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
  
      17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
            distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
            ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
  
      {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under
            {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom
            ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in
            sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}
            (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
            working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
            in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing
            Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
            the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for
            anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,
            formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a
            reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
            driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
            winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
            rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the
            act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
            flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing
            flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the
            speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
            revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant
            of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem
            and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.
            Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an
            artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the
            beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
      {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
  
      {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.
  
      {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
            nut.
  
      {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose
            flowers resemble flies.
  
      {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
            feed upon or are entangled by it.
  
      {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
  
      {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
            operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
  
      {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
            leaf of a table.
  
      {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
  
      {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
  
      {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
            nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
            is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
  
      {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
            equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
            its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
            accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
            intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.
  
      {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
            batted ball caught before touching the ground.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Folily \Fol"i*ly\, a.
      Foolishly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foliole \Fo"li*ole\, n. [Dim. of L. folium leaf: cf. F.
      foliole.] (Bot.)
      One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Failolo, AS (village, FIPS 29700)
      Location: 14.35836 S, 170.83411 W
      Population (1990): 81 (12 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)
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