f

the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet ; the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates ; a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature ; a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite ;

f. d. roosevelt

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945) ;

f. g. banting

Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) ;

f. scott fitzgerald

United States novelist (1896-1940) ;

f.i.s.c.

a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies ;

f clef

a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff ;

f layer

the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission ;

f number

the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system ;

f region

the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission ;

fa

the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization ;

fa la

meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong ;

faa

an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation ;

fabaceae

a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae ;

faberge

Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) ;

fabian

a member of the Fabian Society in Britain ;

fabian society

an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism ;

fabiana

genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs ;

fabiana imbricata

Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic ;

fabianism

socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law ;

fable

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events ; a short moral story (often with animal characters) ; a deliberately false or improbable account ;

fabric

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" ; the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society" ;

fabrication

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth ; the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) ; the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" ; writing in a fictional form ; a deliberately false or improbable account ;

fabricator

someone who tells lies ;

fabulist

a person who tells or invents fables ;

facade

the face or front of a building ; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant ;

face

a vertical surface of a building or cliff ; the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" ; the striking or working surface of an implement ; the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing" ; the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" ; impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" ; status in the eyes of others; "he lost face" ; the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" ; the part of an animal corresponding to the human face ; a specific size and style of type within a type family ; a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect" ; a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" ; a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" ;

face-amount certificate company

a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date ;

face-off

(ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players ; a hostile disagreement face-to-face ;

face angle

the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle ;

face card

one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face ;

face cloth

bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body ;

face cream

a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin ;

face fungus

the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face ;

face guard

face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets ;

face lift

a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction" ; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" ;

face lifting

a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction" ; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" ;

face mask

mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey ;

face pack

a cream that cleanses and tones the skin ;

face powder

cosmetic powder for the face ;

face recognition

the visual perception of familiar faces ; biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" ;