fairy swallow

fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet ;

fairy tale

an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse ; a story about fairies; told to amuse children ;

fairyland

the enchanted realm of fairies ; something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) ;

fairytale

an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse ; a story about fairies; told to amuse children ;

faisal

king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) ;

faisal ibn abdel aziz al-saud

king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) ;

faisalabad

city in northeast Pakistan ;

fait accompli

an irreversible accomplishment ;

faith

loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors" ; complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" ; a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" ; an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" ;

faith cure

care provided through prayer and faith in God ;

faith healing

care provided through prayer and faith in God ;

faithful

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church ; any loyal and steadfast following ;

faithfulness

the quality of being faithful ;

faithlessness

unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous ;

fake

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player ; something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be ; a person who makes deceitful pretenses ;

fake book

a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly ;

fakeer

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man ;

faker

a person who makes deceitful pretenses ;

fakery

the act of faking (or the product of faking) ;

fakir

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man ;

fal la

meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong ;

falafel

small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds ;

falanga

a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels ;

falange

the Spanish Nazi party under Franco ;

falangist

a Spanish member of General Franco's political party ;

falcatifolium

sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia ;

falcatifolium falciforme

small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia ;

falcatifolium taxoides

a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew ;

falchion

a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point ;

falciform ligament

a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall ;

falco

a genus of Falconidae ;

falco columbarius

small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry ;

falco peregrinus

a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry ;

falco rusticolus

large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases ;

falco sparverius

small North American falcon ;

falco subbuteo

small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds ;

falco tinnunculus

small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind ;

falcon

diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight ;

falcon-gentil

female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon ;

falcon-gentle

female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon ;