falconer

a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry ;

falconidae

a family of birds of the order Falconiformes ;

falconiformes

chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures ;

falconry

the art of training falcons to hunt and return ;

falderol

ornamental objects of no great value ;

falkland islands

a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony ;

falkner

United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962) ;

fall

the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" ; a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" ; a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue" ; a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" ; a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" ; a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" ; a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" ; when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat ; the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" ; a downward slope or bend ; the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" ; the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" ;

fall-blooming hydrangea

deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters ;

fall-board

the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played ;

fall armyworm

larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains ;

fall cankerworm

green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria ;

fall dandelion

fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States ;

fall equinox

September 22 ;

fall guy

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of ;

fall of man

(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death ;

fall webworm

a variety of webworm ;

falla

Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) ;

fallaciousness

result of a fallacy or error in reasoning ;

fallacy

a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning ;

fallal

cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing ;

fallback

to break off a military action with an enemy ;

fallboard

the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played ;

fallen arch

an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground ;

faller

a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves" ; a person who fells trees ;

fallibility

the likelihood of making errors ;

falling off

a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" ;

falling out

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" ;

falloff

a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" ;

fallopian tube

either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus ;

fallopio

Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) ;

fallopius

Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) ;

fallot

French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911) ;

fallot's syndrome

a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle ;

fallot's tetralogy

a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle ;

fallout

any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" ; the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion ;

fallout shelter

a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb ;

fallow

cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons ;

fallow deer

small Eurasian deer ;

falls

a steep descent of the water of a river ; the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) ;