faucial tonsil
- n either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
faulkner
- n United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
fatwah
- n (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar
bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States
faubourg
- n a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
faucet
- n a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
fault
- n a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults - n an imperfection in an object or machine
- n the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
he knew his own faults much better than she did - n (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
they built it right over a geological fault
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust - n (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it - n responsibility for a bad situation or event
it was John's fault - n (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
he served too many double faults - v put or pin the blame on