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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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father brown
  • n  a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
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father christmas
  • n  the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
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father figure
  • n  a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
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father of radio
  • n  United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
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father of the church
  • 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
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father of the submarine
  • n  American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
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father surrogate
  • n  a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
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