fallout
- n the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- n any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
fallout shelter
- n a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
false flax
- n annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia
falls
- n the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
- n a steep descent of the water of a river
- n the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- n a sudden drop from an upright position
- n the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
- n a downward slope or bend
- n a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- n a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- n a movement downward
- n the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- n the time of day immediately following sunset
- n when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- n a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- n a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- v descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- v pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- v come under, be classified or included
- v fall from clouds
- v suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- v die, as in battle or in a hunt
- v touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- v be captured
- v occur at a specified time or place
Christmas falls on a Monday this year
The accent falls on the first syllable - v decrease in size, extent, or range
- v yield to temptation or sin
- v lose office or power
- v to be given by assignment or distribution
- v move in a specified direction
- v be due
- v lose one's chastity
- v to be given by right or inheritance
- v come into the possession of
- v fall to somebody by assignment or lot
- v be inherited by
- v slope downward
- v lose an upright position suddenly
- v drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- v fall or flow in a certain way
- v assume a disappointed or sad expression
- v be cast down
- v come out; issue
- v be born, used chiefly of lambs
- v begin vigorously
- v go as if by falling
- v come as if by falling
false alarm
- n a warning that is given about something that fails to occur
false alumroot
- n plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho