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fat metabolism
  • n  a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body
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fat tuesday
  • n  a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
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fata morgana
  • n  a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
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fatah
  • n  a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
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faucial tonsil
  • n  either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
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fatah-rc
  • n  a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
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fatah revolutionary council
  • n  a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
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fatah tanzim
  • n  a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
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