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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
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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)
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f. g. banting
  • n  Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
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f. scott fitzgerald
  • n  United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
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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
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f clef
  • n  a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
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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
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f number
  • n  the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
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