Encyclopedian Dictionary: July 2013

face powder

face powder

Cosmetic powder which typically contains flesh-colored talc or rice-starch base used for applying to the face to dull oily areas of the skin, and generally cover blemishes.

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facial nerve

facial nerve

Anatomy.

The seventh cranial nerve that actuates muscles which control facial expressions.

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Facial Nerve Paralysis or Paresis due to Local Anesthesia

faciend

Pronunciation key

( fā′shi-end′ )
( fā′shē·end )

Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls differentiate on pronunciation key.

fa•ci•end

[ <L faciendum, neut. gerundive of facere do]
[ < neut of L. faciendus, gerundive of facere, to make, do]

In Math, an operand or multiplicand.
The number or factor to be multiplied by another.

-fa·cient

(fā′shǝnt) suffix Causing; making: sorbefacient.
[ <L faciens, -entis, ppr. of facere to make, do] a suffix used to form adjectives, meaning making or cause to become, for instance, liquefacient.

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facies

Pronunciation key

( fā′shi·ēz )
( fā′shēz )

fa•ci•es

[ <L, face, appearance]

The general, external appearance of anything.
In geology, collective characteristics which define origin, composition and method of formation in sedimentary deposits based on features such as stratification, grain size, mineral composition and fossil compositions. Typically, the term designates a section of a larger whole, such as a marine formation that may be nearshore and offshore facies contain different types of sediment and organic remains, although the facies formed simultaneously. Therefore, the term is applied to areally segregated parts of a single sedimentary area, although various deposits were formed simultaneously but under different environmental conditions. Correlation between facies in terms of geologic time is a question dealt with in stratigraphy.
In medicine, the expression of the face with a particular disease.
A surface.

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facile

Pronunciation key

( fas′ʼl )
( fas′il )

Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls differentiate on pronunciation keys

fac•ile

adj.

[ <F <L facilis easy to do < facere do, to make]

Ease of performance.
Ease in gaining or readily mastering.
Easily moving, persuading or yielding.
Readily performing. Pliant. Dexterous. Affable. Fluent such as a facile mind.
Not difficult to perform, moving or working easily, easy to influence.

Syn. Easy

fac′ile·ly adv. — fac′ile·ness n.

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facile princeps

Pronunciation key

( fas′ә·lē prin·seps )

fa•ci•le prin•ceps

Latin.

Unquestionably or easily, first and foremost.
Pre-eminate

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facilis descensus averno

Pronunciation key

( fas′ә·lis di·sen′sәs ә·vûr′nō )
or A·ver·ni (ә·vûr′nī)
(Funk and Wagnalls)

(fas′ə-lis di-sen′səs
ə-vũr′nō )
(Webster's)

fa•ci•lis de•scen•sus A•ver•no

Latin.

Quotation from Virgil.
Easy is the descent into hell (avernus) or,
the descent into hell is easy.

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facilitate

Pronunciation key

( fə-sil′ə-tāt′ )

fa•cili•tate

[Fr. faciliter after Italian facilitare < L. facilis; see FACILE]

v.t.

to make easy, to lighten the work, assist or help.
to make a convenient.

fa•cil′i•ta′tion

[FACILITATED (-id), FACILITATING]

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facilitation

Pronunciation key

( fə-sil′ə-tā′shən )

fa•cil•i•ta•tion

Facilitating.
In psychology, increased ease of performance of any action by reduction of nerve resistance through the successive application of stimulus: Opposed to inhibition.

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facility

Pronunciation key

( fə-sil′ə-ti )
( fə-sil′ə-tē )

fa•cil•i•ty

[ <L facilitas, -tatis ability < facere do]

[ <Fr. facilité; facilitas easiness < facilis easy]

absence of difficulty in doing something, dexterity.
a ready skill, being easily performed
tendency to be fluent, ease in performance.
yielding, pliancy, readiness of compliance, easy-going, affable.
easy-going
aptitude
some thing that makes an action easier
any aid or convenience, facilities to travel, i.e. transportation facilities,
an organization or business, built or installed to serve a particular function, a hospital or government facility.

n. pl. FACILITIES (-tiz)

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facing

Pronunciation key

( fā′siŋ )
(fā′sing)

fac•ing

Covering in front, a lining serving any purpose.
Decorative trimming often sewn on the outside or inside edge of clothing.
Any heavy duty material used for any decorative trimming purpose.
A covering to decorate or protect a building against wear or corrosion or alter contour.
Decorative food products, such as food coloring.
Mechanical, smooth machined surface intended for attachment to another part.
pl. trimmings, collar, cuffs, lining of a garment turned back such as a hem, sometimes of variegated color denoting rank, branch or office.
pl. in military, execution of a standard command while in formation.

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facsimile

Pronunciation key

( fak-sim′ə-lē )

fac•sim•i•le

[L. fac, imperative of facere to make + simile, neut. of similis, like, "to make similar"].

Transmission or reproduction or copy.
Exact duplicate, perhaps differing in scale but containing identical details as the original.

adj.

Exact reproduction. Similar reproduction such as an autograph.
Producing facsimiles.
System of electronically transmitting a printed document through telephone.
In twentieth century technology, Webster's defines the process as:
"A process involving the use of radio broadcast: the transmitted signals, formed by a photoelectric cell that picks up the differences in light and dark in the subject matter as it is scanned by a beam of light, are converted into a facsimile of the original matter by a mechanism attached to the radio receiver."

v.t.

[FACSIMILED (-lid), FACSIMILEING], to make a facsimile of]

Syn. Copy, Duplicate

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factice

Pronunciation key

( fak′tis )

fac•tice

[<F <L factitius. See FACTITIOUS.]

Fluffy, rubberlike material which is produced when vulcanizing linseed oil with sulphur or sulphur chloride.

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faction

Pronunciation key

( fak′shən )

fac•tion

[<F. <L factio making, doing, company -onis <facere do. Pp. of facere see FACT., Doublet of FASHION.]

Group of people united by common interests or dissension; partisan.
An opposition group within politics or a country, acting together and usually against particular leadership or a larger body.
People who align themselves with people of common interest for a common purpose or goal.
A party within a party or irregular association of partisans.
Cabal.
Violent opposition, turbulence, dissent.

Syn. clique

fac′tion·ist, Obs. fac′tion·ar´y

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factional

Pronunciation key

( fak′shən-el )
( fak′shən·əl )

fac•tion•al

adj.

partisan
of or pertaining to a faction or factions
characterized by faction

fac•tion•al•ism, (fak′shən-el-izʼm).

factional quarreling, spirit of faction

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factious

Pronunciation key

( fak′shəs )

fac•tious

adj.

[L. factiosus &;t; factio]

relating to or caused by faction.
an element that contributes to creating faction.
turbulent, partisan.
tending to cause dissent.
inclined toward factionalism or creating faction.
causing dissent.

Syn. insubordinate, contumacious, insurgent, seditious, rebellious

fac′tious·ly, adv.

fac·ti′tious·ness, n.

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fact

Pronunciation key

( fakt )

fact

[<L. factum (that which is done, deed) <facere (neutral pp. of facere), to do, act. Doublet of FEAT. <IE. base *dhē-, to put, place, seen also in AS. don, to do and Gr. tithēmi, I place.]

A thing that is true or has happened.
A thing that has been, happened and true.
A state of things as they are.
Originally, a deed or an act.
Some thing that has been done such as an act or deed.
A thing that existent or exists.
Characteristic of actuality, reality or truth.
A piece of information or an assertion supported by documentation.
Some thing which is said to have occured or to be true.
Any statement which is based strictly on truth; true; reality.
In Law, An alleged incident or condition as distinguished from its legal consequence. Issue based on evidence raised during court proceedings and the jury must base their verdict upon.
A deed, especially CRIME "an accessory after the fact"
Obs., A thing done; deed; performance.

Syn. Circumstance, Event, Proof

As a matter of fact; in fact; in point of fact. To tell the truth.

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factitious

Pronunciation key

( fak-tish′əs )

fac•ti•tious

adj.

[L. factitius artificial, < pp. of facere do; see FACT.]

not natural. forced, artificial, such as "factitious needs of our generation."
conventional, affected, unnatural.
produced by art rather than nature.
a sham, as in "a factitious display of sorrow."
lacking genuine quality, lack of sincerity.

Syn. manufactured, pretended, simulation, spurious

fac·ti′tious·ly adv.

fac·ti′tious·ness n.

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factitive

Pronunciation key

( fak′tə-tiv )

fac•ti•tive

adj. (Grammar).

[<NL factitivus <factitare, freq. of facere do]
[Mod. L. < L. factus see FACT.]

Designating of a verb to express an idea of making, calling or to think something to be complementary to the direct object.
A word which pertains to or designates a verb which takes, in addition to an object, a characterizing complement.

"Make the dress short."
"They elected him treasurer."
"He called Susan an enemy."

—fac′ti·tive·ly, adv.

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factorage

Pronunciation key

( fak′tẽr-ij )

fac•tor•age

Commission earned by a factor via purchasing and sales.
A factor's business.

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factorial

Pronunciation key

( fak-tôr′i-əl )
( fak-tō′ri-əl )
( fak·tôr′ē·əl )

fac•to•ri•al

adj.

of, pertaining to, or being a factor.
(Obs./ Rare) of a factory.

in mathematics, of factors or factorials.
Product of all consecutive series of positive (whole numbers) integers beginning at one (1) to integer n.
Example:

The factorial of 5 is 1x2x3x4x5, or 120
The factorial of 4, which is expressed as 4! or is 24.

See factor.

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Calculating Factorials with a Recursive CTE

factorize

Pronunciation key

( fak′tə-rīz )

fac•tor•ize

v.t.. •ized, •i•zing

in law to garnishee
in mathematics to separate into factors.

fac´tor·i·za´tion, n.

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factor

Pronunciation key

( fak′tẽr )

fac•tor

[Fr. facteur; OFr. factour; L. factor doer, maker, performer < pp. of facere, to do, to make]

[Brit.] A person who carries on business transactions for another, an agent for sale of goods, a commissioned merchant.
[U.S.A.] In some states, a garnishee.
[Scot.] A person who manages an estate, a steward or bailiff. A person who is legally responsible for sequestered or forfeited property.
A specialized commercial banker who finances manufacturing and dealers, designating receivables as collateral.
Any circumstance or condition, constituting the dynamics, which bring about and directly contribute to a given outcome.
An element that makes a thing what it is.
biology, unit of heredity, gene.
mathematics, numbers or symbols that form a product when multiplied together; integers that divide another integer evenly and leave no remainder.
Also, one or two or more quantities which, when multiplied give a product. When one factor is divided into that product, the quotient is always another factor.
One of several constants or variables multiplied together to give a product. Example:
12 = 1 x 12 and 2 x 6 and 3 x 4, therefore the positive integral factors of 12 will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.
Natural numbers have as factors itself and 1. If in the event it has no other factors, it is a prime number.
Factoring, is the process of breaking up a product into component factors. This process is used often in Algebra to transform polynomials and rational expressions into equivalent expressions.
Also see factorial.
physiology, an element which plays an important role in metabolism and nutrition such as vitamins, enzymes or hormones.

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factor of safety

factor of safety

Ratio of the maximum strength of a piece of material to the probable maximum load that can be applied.

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factorship

Pronunciation key

( fak′tər·ship )

fac•tor•ship

business of a factor or factory.
body of factors.

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factory

Pronunciation key

( fak′tə-ri )
( fak′tri )
( fak′tər·ē )

fac•to•ry

[plural. factories (-riz, -triz)] [Fr. factorie < facteur see FACTOR]

Trading post where resident brokers trade.
(after Port. feitoria), a trading settlement maintained by factors.
An establishment in charge of factors or agents in a foreign nation.
Building in which things are manufactured.
A manufacturing plant, includes buildings and machinery. A manufactory.

Factory is derived from the word factor which means "one who makes," hence, a place where goods are produced. The term "factory" has came to being applied to establishments which manufacture various products intended for commerce. In this sense it includes machinery and buildings which are necessary for their manufacture.

The establishment of large factories is comparatively recent. It resulted from the invention of machinery and extensive subdivision of labor and construction of great avenues for commerce that facilitate transportation over long distance to consumers.

Advantages have came from the modern factory system including increased productivity due to division of labor, mechanical accuracy and overall reduced cost of production.

The systems commonly found in both Canada and the U.S. made it a necessity to regulate by law, the manner of operation in mines, workshops and factories. Legislation was enacted to improve working conditions where large numbers of workers are employed, through regular inspections and rigid rules for management. Among the primary goals of the legislation are the protection of life and health of the worker, and preventing the spread of infectious disease, including vermin through the manufactured product and the operators against strikes, disorders, and general disorganization.

Legislation has been concerned with the number of hours laborers may be legally employed daily or per weekly basis. Other objects have been to limit the labor of women and minors. Statutory provisions in some states forbid the employment of minors under certain ages.

See Eight Hour Day; Fair Labor Standards Act and Labor

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factotum

Pronunciation key

( fak·tō′təm )

fac•to•tum

[<Med. L. < fac, sing. imperative of facere to do, + totum everything. Neut. of totus, all, the whole. New latin, literally, to do everything.]

Employee who is hired to perform numerous and diverse duties; handy man or servant.

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factual

Pronunciation key

( fak′ch-əl )

fac•tu•al

adj.

[< L. factum see FACT; + al]

of, or containing facts.
based on fact
characteristic of fact; real, actual.
literal, exact, genuine.

fac·tu·al·ly, adv. Factual form; actual.

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facture

Pronunciation key

( fak′chẽr )

fac•ture

[< Fr., L. factura < facere, to make].

Act or process of producing something.
The thing produced.

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facula

Pronunciation key

( fak′yoo-lə )

fac•u•la

[L., dim. of fax, facis, torch.]

Irregularly bright spot or streak on the outer surface of the sun.

[faculae (-lē′) plural of facula]

Faculae

References and Further Reading

Solar faculae explained

facultative

Pronunciation key

( fak′ʼl-tā′tiv )
( fak′əl·tā·tiv )

fac•ul•ta•tive

adj.

[Fr. facultatif <L. facultas see FACULTY]

relating to faculty or faculties.
imparting power or authority, enabling, qualifying
granting a faculty, or permission.
empowering but not requiring one to perform an action as distinguished from an obligatory requirement.
Permissive, therefore,
- optional use of authority,
- what may or may not occur; contingent.
relating to faculty or faculties.
in biology, thriving under unusual conditions, adapting to a new environment, said of parasites and aerobic bacteria, which may become anaerobic: distinguished from obligate.

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faculty

Pronunciation key

( fak′ʼl-ti )
( fak′əl·tē )

* Funk and Wagnalls and Websters somewhat differentiate on pronunication key.

facul•ty

n. Inflected Form: pl. -ties (-tiz)

[<OF faculté <L facultas, -tatis < facilis See FACILE] F&W
[ME. faculte; OFr. faculté, L. facultas < facilis See FACILE] Websters

An ability.
Formerly, power to do, perform a particular action. [Archaic] What a person is trained to do, a trade.
A mode of physical characteristics, to hear, see, smell, taste, or in psychology, any of the powers thought to compose the mind, will, reason, et cetera.
Behaviors regarded as naturally endowed or acquired such as seeing, feeling, reasoning. A natural or specialized ability in any living organism.
Some special form of skill, unusual abilities, whether natural or acquired.
Skill which has been acquired through practice, a knack, special aptitude, such as "She has a faculty for making lasting friendships."
Natural complex capacities, perception, memory, thought, et cetera. The innate ability to act or do, or possessing a natural aptitude.
[< L. facultas translation of Aristotle's dynamis, branch of learning].
Members of a learned profession such as law or medicine.
Body of instructors in a university or school of higher learning.
The complete collective of teaching staff.
A power conferred by authority or authorization.
A department of learning, a division within said institution, i.e., the English faculty.
Within Roman Catholicism the right to perform certain ecclesiastical functions which are normally forbidden, bestowed by a prelate upon their subordinate; power of privilege in general bestowed or otherwise obtained (in the plural). Dispensation.
The act of proficiently performing tasks, for instance "A gardener of notable faculty".
Pecuniary resources or means.

Synonyms: Ability, Talent

Faculty is a term applied to designate a collective group of professors and other staff in an institute, college or university. Also the instructors within any department of such an institution, such as faculty of law, theology, the arts, or of medicine. It sometimes is employed to designate collectively, members of learned professions such as the faculty of advocates, the medical faculty.

In mental science, it is believed to be a natural power of the mind through which it acts uniformly and with facility in some specific way. Some writers define faculty as a power under the control of one's own will, having a specific task to perform, and as examples enumerates memory, seeing, love and judgment. Others hold that faculty is a power derived from nature differing from ability in that the latter is derived either from circumstances or otherwise.

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fad

Pronunciation key

( fad )

fad n.

[19th c. < Brit. Midland dialect]

A custom or style or trend that numerous people are interested in for a short period of time.
A practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal.
A passing fancy or fashion.
passing fashion
craze
hobby

Syn. See fashion

fad•dish adj.
fad•dist n.

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faddish

Pronunciation key

( fad′ish )

fad•dish

adj.

Having the nature of a fad.
Fondness of fads.
Follower of fads.
Practices or interests that are zealously followed for a brief time.
A passing craze.
Something very popular for a short time.

See fad

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faddist

Pronunciation key

( fad′ist )

fad•dist

[Cf. dial. E fad busy with trifles]

A person who has a fad, or follows a fad.
Practice or interest which is followed zealously for a brief time.

See fad

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faddy

Pronunciation key

( fad′i )
( fad′ē )

Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls present differentiations on pronunciation key.

fad•dy

adj.

faddish, the current trend or style.
filled with, given to, or like a particular fad.
interests, or practices followed passionately
craze

Also see fad and fad•dish

fad•di•er, fad•di•est

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fade

Pronunciation key

( fād )

fade

v.i.

[FADED (-id), FADING], [ME. faden; OFr. fader, < fade pale; prob. < L. vapidus, stale; influenced by L. fatuus, foolish, silly]
[<OF fader <fade, insipid]

to become indistinct; loss of clarity; loss of color or brilliance; dim.
to lose freshness, vigor, youth or strength; wither; languish; droop; wane
to disappear slowly; die out.

v.t.

to cause to fade, to grow dim or faint.
to cause the loss freshness or brilliance.
[slang] to meet the bet of; cover: dice player's term.

Synonyms: vanish, wither

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fade-in

Pronunciation key

( fād′in )
( fād′in´ )

Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls differentiate on pronunciation key

fade-in

Gradual appearance. (Applies to motion pictures).
Transition. Special effect.
Appearance of a motion picture sequence by double exposure to replace a previous sequence.

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fadeless

Pronunciation key

( fād′lis )

fade•less

adj.

That which does not fade.
Unfading.
syn. Eternal.

adv., fade′less•ly

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fade-out

Pronunciation key

( fād′out´ )

fade-out

In motion pictures, radio, television, fading out, gradually disappearing.
Of a scene or sound, becoming less distinct or indistinct.
Gradual disappearance of a film sequence through transition to the following sequence.

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faecal

Pronunciation key

( fē′k´l )
( fē′kəl )

Webster's and Funk & Wagnalls provide differentiating pronunciation keys.

fae•cal

adj.

See fecal.

Variants fae•ces, fe•cal, fe•ces

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faeces

Pronunciation key

( fē′sēz )

fae•ces

n.pl.

feces.

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Faenza, Italy

Pronunciation key

( fä-en′tsä )

Fa•en•za

A city in northern Italy.

Faenza, Italy

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faerie, faery

Pronunciation key

( fâr′i )
( fâr′ē )

Funk & Wagnalls and Webster's differentiate on pronunciation keys

fa•er•ie, fa•er•y

([Archaic] Variation of fairy, first used by Edmund Spencer in 1590-1596 in the "Faerie Queen". An allegorical romance of which included twelve planned volumes but of which only six were actually published.)

(fā′ẽr-i), fairyland, the imaginary land in which fairies lived. Also (fā′ə·rē)
[Archaic] adj. A fairy, mythological

Also spelled faërie and faëry.

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Faeroe Islands

Pronunciation key

( fâr′ō )

Faer•oe Islands

Group of Danish islands between Great Britain and Iceland.

Faer•oes (fâr′ōz), n.pl. the Faeroe Islands.

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fag

Pronunciation key

( fag )

fag

v.i..

[FAGGED (fagd), FAGGING], earlier form of flag v., fag•ger [basic sense, to "droop, decline, hang loosely"],

to work hard, to make very weary by hard work.
to serve as a fag. v.t.
to hire (a boy) as a fag. n.
to make a fag of, to act as a fag.
hard, tiring work, drudge, drudgery.
fatigue, weariness, tire, exhaust
a boy who does menial service.
a boy in an English public school, who acts as a servant for another boy in a higher form, or class.

[Slang] male homosexual.

[Slang], [fag end], a cigarette.

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fag end

Pronunciation key

(fag end)

fag end

n. [fag in earlier n. sense of "thing hanging loosely"]

remnant or last or worst, part, typically of slight utility.
the extreme end
the last part or coarser end of a piece of cloth
the frayed end, as in an untwisted end of a rope

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faggot or fagot

Pronunciation key

(fag′ət)

(fag•got)

[ME.; OFr., with change of suffix < LL. facellum (hypothetical), < Gr. phakelos, a bundle]

n.& v.t.

See FAGOT.
[Slang] Male homosexual.

(fag•ot)

a bundle of sticks or twigs, or branches especially as used for fuel.
In metallurgy, bundle or heap of pieces of wrought iron or steel to be worked over and turned into bars by hammering or rolling at welding temperature.

Fagoting
Source: Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language

v.t.

to make a fagot of, form fagots of.
in sewing, to ornament by fagoting.
also spelled faggot.

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fagot.

faggoting or fagoting

Pronunciation key

(fag′ət-iŋ)

fag•ot•ing

fag•got•ing (variant)

Hemstitch	Drawn Work
*FAGOTING* Source: Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976

Embroidery stitch which is produced by tying threads in an hourglass-shape cluster.
Decorative stitch created while pulling horizontal threads out of the fabric and tying cross-threads together in bunches.
Decorative openwork in which the stitches are drawn criss-cross over an open seam.

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Aldo Fabrizi

Fabrizi, Aldo (1905-1990) Popular Italian music hall comedian, character actor, writer, and director which made his first film appearance in 1942. Fabrizi won international acclaim in Roberto Rosselinni's drama Roma, citta aperta (1946), (Rome, Open City), in which he played a priest who defies the fascist regime. Thereafter, he performed dramatic and comical roles. In the 1970's he began to make less screen appearances and authored a series of best-selling cookbooks. Youth ministry groups may be familiar with Aldo Fabrizi's performance in the church basement perennial Teacher and the Miracle produced in 1961, one of several films which Fabrizi also directed.

Sample of Aldo Fabrizi in Roma città aperta

Additional References

Biography for Aldo Fabrizi, imdb.com

Aldo Fabrizi Filmography, blockbuster.com

F.A.A.A.S.

F.A.A.A.S.

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
More recently, a support group that is aimed at the families of those afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome.

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AAAS.org

faaas.org

FAA

FAA

Abbreviation for Federal Aviation Administration.

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FAA Home, The public homepage of the Federal Aviation Administration, an operating mode of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

FA

FA or F.A.

Fa, The name given in French and Italian nomenclature to the fourth note of the natural scale of C., i.e., F, and in the Tonic Sol-fa system and others employing what is called a "movable Do," or tonic, to the fourth note of any major scale.

Alternative Context

Field Artillery
Fine Arts
Football Association
fire alarm
freight agent

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evolution

Pronunciation key

( ev′ə-l′shən )
( ev′ʼl-ū′shən )

ev•o•lu•tion

[L. evolutio, an unrolling or opening < evolutus, pp. of evolvere; see EVOLVE].

An unfolding, opening outward or working out; developmental process, formation or growth.
A resulting product of evolution. The thing that has evolved.

a movement which is part of a pattern or series.
a pattern which is produced or seems to be produced by a series of movements such as the evolutions of a professional skater.

Biology.
- Development of a species, organism or organ derived from a rudimentary or earlier state to its present and more complete form; phylogeny or ontogeny.
- An obsolete theory which held the germ cell contains a fully developed individual in miniature form; theory of preformation.
- Now generally accepted theory that all species derived from earlier forms of common ancestors, by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations. See Darwinian Theory, Lamarckism, Mutation, Natural Selection.
Mathematics.
- Extraction of a root from a given power: opposed to involution.
- Development of a curve of which an involute can form.
Military and Navy

Various maneuvers or movements by which ships and men change formation.

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ergo

Pronunciation key

( ũr′gō )

‡ er•go

conj. & adv.

[L.].

Therefore. Consequently. Hence.

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equuleus

Pronunciation key

( i-kw′li-əs )

E•quu•le•us

[L. dim. of equus a horse].

A small constellation located on the equator..

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epochal

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( ep′ə-kʼl )

ep•och•al

adj.

Of, or characteristic of, marking an epoch.

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eke

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eke

adv. & conj.

[ME.; AS. eac akin to G. auch; IE. base *hypothetically* au-, again, on the other hand, as also in L. aut or autem ].

[Archaic] also.

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ejecta

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e•jec•ta

n.pl.

[L., neut. pl. of ejectus].

ejected matter, waste material, refuse.

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Eire

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Eir•e

A former name for the Republic of Ireland. See Ireland.

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