faucial tonsil
- n either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
fatalism
- n a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
- n a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
fatality
- n a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
- n the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
fatality rate
- n the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
fate
- n an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- n the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
- n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
deserved a better fate - v decree or designate beforehand
father
- n a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
his father was born in Atlanta - n the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers - n `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- n (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- n a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
the city fathers endorsed the proposal - n God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- n a person who founds or establishes some institution
George Washington is the father of his country - n the head of an organized crime family
- v make children
Men often father children but don't recognize them