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   fault line
         n 1: (geology) line determined by the intersection of a
               geological fault and the earth's surface

English Dictionary: flood lamp by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faultily
adv
  1. in an inaccurate manner; "these statements were faultily attributed to me"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faultless
adj
  1. without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"
    Synonym(s): faultless, immaculate, impeccable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faultlessly
adv
  1. without a fault; in a faultless manner; "he solved all the problems faultlessly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faultlessness
n
  1. the quality of being without an error or fault [syn: faultlessness, impeccability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
field lens
n
  1. the lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
field line
n
  1. an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
    Synonym(s): line of force, field line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
field lupine
n
  1. white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
    Synonym(s): white lupine, field lupine, wolf bean, Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filthily
adv
  1. in a filthy unclean manner; "a dirtily dressed camel driver"
    Synonym(s): dirtily, filthily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filthy lucre
n
  1. shameful profit; "he would sell his soul for filthy lucre"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flat-leaf parsley
n
  1. a variety of parsley having flat leaves [syn: {Italian parsley}, flat-leaf parsley, Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flatlet
n
  1. a tiny flat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flatly
adv
  1. in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges"
    Synonym(s): flatly, categorically, unconditionally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flatulence
n
  1. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas]
  2. pompously embellished language
    Synonym(s): turgidity, turgidness, flatulence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flatulency
n
  1. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flatulent
adj
  1. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
  2. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
    Synonym(s): colicky, flatulent, gassy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fleetly
adv
  1. in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly, fleetly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flood lamp
n
  1. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
    Synonym(s): flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floodlight
n
  1. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
    Synonym(s): flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
v
  1. illuminate with floodlights
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floodlighted
adj
  1. illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard"
    Synonym(s): floodlit, floodlighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floodlit
adj
  1. illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard"
    Synonym(s): floodlit, floodlighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flotilla
n
  1. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
  2. a fleet of small craft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faultily \Fault"i*ly\, adv.
      In a faulty manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faultless \Fault"less\, a.
      Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish;
      free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a
      faultless poem.
  
               Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what
               ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.      --Pope.
  
      Syn: Blameless; spotless; perfect. See {Blameless}. --
               {Fault"less*ly}, adv.-{Fault"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faultless \Fault"less\, a.
      Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish;
      free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a
      faultless poem.
  
               Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what
               ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.      --Pope.
  
      Syn: Blameless; spotless; perfect. See {Blameless}. --
               {Fault"less*ly}, adv.-{Fault"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Faultless \Fault"less\, a.
      Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish;
      free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a
      faultless poem.
  
               Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what
               ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.      --Pope.
  
      Syn: Blameless; spotless; perfect. See {Blameless}. --
               {Fault"less*ly}, adv.-{Fault"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.
      feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.
      folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
      1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
            cultivated ground; the open country.
  
      2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
            inclosed for tillage or pasture.
  
                     Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.
  
      3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
  
                     In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
  
                     What though the field be lost?            --Milton.
  
      4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
            (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
                  or projected.
            (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
                  view.
  
                           Without covering, save yon field of stars.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
  
      5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
            of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
            it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented
            as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
  
      6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
            operation, or achievement; province; room.
  
                     Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
            contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
            betting.
  
      8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the
            players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also
            {outfield}.
  
      Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
               belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
               reference to the operations and equipments of an army
               during a campaign away from permanent camps and
               fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
               sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
               fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
               geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
               investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
               uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
               measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
               (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
               hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
               Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
  
      {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.
  
      {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
            use of a marching army.
  
      {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
            Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.
  
      {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
            positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
  
      {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket
            ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
  
      {Field day}.
            (a) A day in the fields.
            (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
                  instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
            (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
  
      {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the
            driving of stray cattle to the pound.
  
      {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),
            found in Southern Europe.
  
      {Field glass}. (Optics)
            (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
                  race glass.
            (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
                  long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
            (c) See {Field lens}.
  
      {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The skylark.
            (b) The tree pipit.
  
      {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
            eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
            microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
            also {field glass}.
  
      {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in
            dyeing.
  
      {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
            in the British and other European armies.
  
      {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the
            campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer
            mouse}.
  
      {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
            and below that of general.
  
      {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial
            consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
            cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
            and regimental courts. --Farrow.
  
      {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover
            ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the
            Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).
  
      {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting
            small game.
  
      {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).
            (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
  
      {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
            hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
  
      {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.
  
      {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
  
      {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,
            the entire space within which objects are seen.
  
      {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.
  
      {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.
  
      {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under
            {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.
            (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
            (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
  
      {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a
            horse, etc.) against all comers.
  
      {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.
      feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.
      folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
      1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
            cultivated ground; the open country.
  
      2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
            inclosed for tillage or pasture.
  
                     Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.
  
      3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
  
                     In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
  
                     What though the field be lost?            --Milton.
  
      4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
            (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
                  or projected.
            (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
                  view.
  
                           Without covering, save yon field of stars.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
  
      5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
            of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
            it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented
            as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
  
      6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
            operation, or achievement; province; room.
  
                     Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
            contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
            betting.
  
      8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the
            players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also
            {outfield}.
  
      Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
               belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
               reference to the operations and equipments of an army
               during a campaign away from permanent camps and
               fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
               sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
               fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
               geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
               investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
               uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
               measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
               (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
               hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
               Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
  
      {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.
  
      {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
            use of a marching army.
  
      {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
            Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.
  
      {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
            positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
  
      {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket
            ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
  
      {Field day}.
            (a) A day in the fields.
            (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
                  instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
            (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
  
      {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the
            driving of stray cattle to the pound.
  
      {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),
            found in Southern Europe.
  
      {Field glass}. (Optics)
            (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
                  race glass.
            (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
                  long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
            (c) See {Field lens}.
  
      {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The skylark.
            (b) The tree pipit.
  
      {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
            eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
            microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
            also {field glass}.
  
      {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in
            dyeing.
  
      {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
            in the British and other European armies.
  
      {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the
            campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer
            mouse}.
  
      {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
            and below that of general.
  
      {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial
            consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
            cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
            and regimental courts. --Farrow.
  
      {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover
            ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the
            Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).
  
      {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting
            small game.
  
      {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).
            (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
  
      {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
            hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
  
      {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.
  
      {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
  
      {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,
            the entire space within which objects are seen.
  
      {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.
  
      {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.
  
      {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under
            {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.
            (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
            (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
  
      {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a
            horse, etc.) against all comers.
  
      {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filthily \Filth"i*ly\, adv.
      In a filthy manner; foully.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatulence \Flat"u*lence\, Flatlency \Flat"*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F.
      flatulence.]
      The state or quality of being flatulent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatlong \Flat"long\ (?; 115), adv.
      With the flat side downward; not edgewise. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatly \Flat"ly\, adv.
      In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit;
      dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively, plainly. [bd]He
      flatly refused his aid.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney.
  
               He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and
               without appetite.                                    --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatulence \Flat"u*lence\, Flatlency \Flat"*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F.
      flatulence.]
      The state or quality of being flatulent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatulent \Flat"u*lent\, a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris
      windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent.
      See {Blow}.]
      1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary
            canal; windy.
  
      2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
  
                     Vegetables abound more with a[89]rial particles than
                     animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. --Quincy.
  
      4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty;
            vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
  
                     He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too
                     dry.                                                   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flatulently \Flat"u*lent*ly\, adv.
      In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fleetly \Fleet"ly\, adv.
      In a fleet manner; rapidly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flotilla \Flo*til"la\, n. [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet;
      akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L.
      fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See
      {Fluctuate}, and cf. {Float}, n.]
      A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fluidal \Flu"id*al\, a.
      Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.
  
      {Fluidal structure} (Geol.), the structure characteristic of
            certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the
            minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten
            material before solidification; -- also called {fluxion
            structure}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fluidal \Flu"id*al\, a.
      Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.
  
      {Fluidal structure} (Geol.), the structure characteristic of
            certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the
            minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten
            material before solidification; -- also called {fluxion
            structure}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foldless \Fold"less\, a.
      Having no fold. --Milman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tilt \Tilt\, n.
      1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.
  
      2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
            attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
  
      3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
  
      {Full tilt}, with full force. --Dampier.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fieldale, VA (CDP, FIPS 27744)
      Location: 36.70310 N, 79.94318 W
      Population (1990): 1018 (458 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24089

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fault tolerance
  
      1. The ability of a system or component to
      continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or
      software faults.   This often involves some degree of
      {redundancy}.
  
      2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand
      before normal operation is impaired.
  
      (1995-04-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   fault tolerant
  
      {fault tolerance}
  
  
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