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   fauvism
         n 1: an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was
               characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple
               forms; influenced the expressionists

English Dictionary: foppishness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
favism
n
  1. anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fivesome
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
  2. five people considered as a unit
    Synonym(s): quintet, quintette, fivesome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foppishness
n
  1. the manner and dress of a fop or dandy [syn: foppishness, dandyism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fovea centralis
n
  1. area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
    Synonym(s): fovea, fovea centralis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumitory \Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop.,
      smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See
      {Fume}, and {Terrace}.] (Bot.)
      The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria,
      annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves
      and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. {F.
      officinalis} is a common species, and was formerly used as an
      antiscorbutic.
  
      {Climbing fumitory} (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ({Adlumia
            cirrhosa}); a biennial climbing plant with elegant
            feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or
            pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Favaginous \Fa*vag"i*nous\, a. [L. favus a honeycomb.]
      Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fob \Fob\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
      A little pocket for a watch.
  
      {Fob chain}, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the
            fob.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foppish \Fop"pish\, a.
      Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making
      an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
  
      Syn: Finical; spruce; dandyish. See {Finical}. --
               {Fop"pish*ly}, adv. -- {Fop"pish*ness}, n.
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