f
- n a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
- n a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
- n the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
- n the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
f. d. roosevelt
- n 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
f. g. banting
- n Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
f. scott fitzgerald
- n United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
f.i.s.c.
- n a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
f clef
- n a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
f layer
- n the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission
f number
- n the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
f region
- n the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission
fa
- n the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
faa
- n an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
fabaceae
- n a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
faberge
- n Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)
fabian society
- n an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
fabiana
- n genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs
fabiana imbricata
- n Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic
fabianism
- n socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law
fable
- n a deliberately false or improbable account
- n a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- n a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
fabric
- n artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent - n the underlying structure
it is part of the fabric of society