factor of proportionality
1: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality [syn: {constant of proportionality}]
factor of safety
1: the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use [syn: {safety factor}]
factor out
1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: {factor}, {factor in}]
factor V
1: a coagulation factor [syn: {proaccelerin}, {prothrombin accelerator}, {accelerator factor}]
factor VII
1: a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K [syn: {proconvertin}, {cothromboplastin}, {stable factor}]
factor VIII
1: a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A [syn: {antihemophilic factor}, {antihaemophilic factor}, {antihemophilic globulin}, {antihaemophilic globulin...
factor X
1: coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors [syn: {prothrombinase}]
factor XI
1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency [syn: {plasma thromboplastin antecedent}]
factor XII
1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood [syn: {Hageman factor}]
factor XIII
1: in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot [syn: {fibrinase}]
factorial
1: of or relating to factorials n : the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer; "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials"
factoring
1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factorisation}]
factorisation
1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorization}, {factoring}]
factorise
1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorize}]
factorization
1: (mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial [syn: {factorisation}, {factoring}]
factorize
1: resolve (a polynomial) into factors [syn: {factorise}]
factory
1: a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: {mill}, {manufacturing plant}, {manufactory}]
factory farm
1: a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: {agribusiness}, {agriculture}]
factory price
1: price charged for goods picked up at the factory
factory ship
1: a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea
factory whistle
1: a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work
factory-made
1: produced in quantity at a factory [ant: {homemade}]
factotum
1: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
facts of life
1: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: {reproduction}, {procreation}, {breeding}]
factual
1: of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: {actual}] 2: of or relati...
factuality
1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factualness}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]
factually
1: as a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement"
factualness
1: the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" [syn: {factuality}] [ant: {counterfactuality}]
facula
1: a bright spot on a planet 2: a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots [also: {faculae} (pl)]
facultative
1: of or relating to the mental faculties 2: able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte" [ant: {obligate}] 3: granting a privi...
faculty
1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind [syn: {mental faculty}, {module}] 2: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire...
faculty member
1: an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academician}, {academic}]
fad
1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]
fad diet
1: a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity
faddily
1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddishly}]
faddish
1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddy}]
faddishly
1: in a faddish manner [syn: {faddily}]
faddist
1: a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
faddy
1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddish}]
fade
1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: {slice}, {slicing}] 2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}] v 1: become...
fade away
1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade out}]
fade out
1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade away}]
faded
1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached}, {washed-out}, {washy}] 2: reduced in strengt...
fadeout
1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {receding}] 2: a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances
fading
1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: {attenuation}]
fading away
1: gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength
fado
1: a sad Portuguese folksong
FAE
1: a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmos...
faecal
1: foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces [syn: {fecal}, {feculent}]
faecal matter
1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {feces}, {faeces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]
faecal occult test
1: a take-home test in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers [syn: {fecal occult test}, {stool test}]
faecalith
1: a hard mass of dried feces [syn: {coprolith}, {fecalith}, {stercolith}]
faeces
1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {faecal matter}, {feces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}, {dejection}]
faerie
1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faery}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faery}]
Faeroe Islands
1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faroes}, {Faeroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and ...
Faeroes
1: a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroe Islands}, {Faeroe Islands}, {Faroes}] 2: a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Icela...
Faeroese
1: a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands [syn: {Faroese}]
faery
1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy}, {faerie}, {sprite}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {fairyland}, {faerie}]
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Fafnir
1: (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd
fag
1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {faggot}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [s...
fag end
1: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" [syn: {tail}, {tail end}] 2: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
fag out
1: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear down}, {...
Fagaceae
1: chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus [syn: {family Fagaceae}, {beech family}]
Fagales
1: an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae [syn: {order Fagales}]
faggot
1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: {fag...
faggot up
1: bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" [syn: {faggot}, {fagot}]
Fagin
1: a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens; "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets"
Fagopyrum
1: buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum [syn: {genus Fagopyrum}]
Fagopyrum esculentum
1: or member of genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour [syn: {buckwheat}, {Polygon...
fagot
1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}] 2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: {fa...
Fagus
1: beeches [syn: {genus Fagus}]
Fagus americana
1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {red beech}, {Fagus grandifolia}]
Fagus grandifolia
1: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: {American beech}, {white beech}, {red beech}, {Fagus americana}]
Fagus pendula
1: variety of European beech with pendulous limbs [syn: {weeping beech}, {Fagus sylvatica pendula}]
Fagus purpurea
1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves [syn: {copper beech}, {purple beech}, {Fagus sylvatica atropunicea}, {Fagus sylvatica purpurea}]
Fagus sylvatica
1: large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America [syn: {common beech}, {European beech}]
Fagus sylvatica atropunicea
1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves [syn: {copper beech}, {purple beech}, {Fagus purpurea}, {Fagus sylvatica purpurea}]
Fagus sylvatica purpurea
1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves [syn: {copper beech}, {purple beech}, {Fagus sylvatica atropunicea}, {Fagus purpurea}]
Fahd
1: king of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922) [syn: {Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud}]
Fahrenheit
1: German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736) [syn: {Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit}]
Fahrenheit scale
1: a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
faience
1: glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
fail
1: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" [syn: {ne...
fail-safe
1: guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle" 2: eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactiva...
failed
1: unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture" [syn: {failing}]
failing
1: unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture" [syn: {failed}] 2: below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades" n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point ou...
faille
1: a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
failure
1: an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" 2: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" [ant: {success}] 3: lack of success; "he fel...
fain
1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: {disposed(p)}, {inclined(p)}, {prepared}] adv : in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: {gladly}, {lief...
faineance
1: the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn: {idleness}]
faineant
1: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the...
faint
1: barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound...
fainthearted
1: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" [syn: {faint}, {timid}]
faintheartedness
1: the trait of lacking boldness and courage [ant: {stoutheartedness}]
faintly
1: to a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"; "the ...
faintness
1: barely audible 2: the quality of being dim [syn: {dimness}]
fair
1: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or ...
fair ball
1: (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field [ant: {foul ball}]
fair catch
1: (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled
fair chance
1: a reasonable probability of success [syn: {sporting chance}]
fair copy
1: a clean copy of a corrected draft
fair deal
1: fair treatment [syn: {square deal}]
fair game
1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a man...
fair hearing
1: a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a ...
fair to middling
1: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: {adequate}, {passable}]
fair use
1: the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
fair weather
1: moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities [syn: {sunshine}, {temperateness}]
fair-haired
1: favorite; "the fair-haired boy of the literary set" [syn: {blue-eyed(a)}, {fair-haired(a)}, {white-haired(a)}]
fair-maids-of-France
1: rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe [syn: {meadow saxifrage}, {Saxifraga granulata}]
fair-minded
1: of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced
fair-mindedness
1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty [syn: {fairness}, {candor}, {candour}] [ant: {unfairness}]
Fairbanks
1: United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000) [syn: {Douglas Fairbanks Jr.}] 2: United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939) [syn: {Douglas Fairban...
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