fairground
1: an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
fairish
1: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" [syn: {fair}, {reasonable}] 2: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"; [syn: {fair}]
fairlead
1: a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing
fairly
1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {withi...
fairness
1: conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim" [syn: {equity}] [ant: {unfairness}, {unfairness}] 2: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishon...
fairness commission
1: a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views
fairway
1: the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short 2: the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or costal waters 3: a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
fairway crested wheat grass
1: Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control [syn: {crested wheatgrass}, {crested wheat grass}, {Agropyron cristatum}]
fairy
1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {faery}, {faerie}, {sprite}] 2: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {faggot}, {fag}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {q...
fairy armadillo
1: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: {pichiciago}, {pichiciego}, {chlamyphore}, {Chlamyphorus truncatus}]
fairy bell
1: tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock [syn: {common foxglove}, {fing...
fairy bluebird
1: fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies [syn: {bluebird}]
fairy circle
1: a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium [syn: {fairy ring}]
fairy cup
1: a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp [syn: {blood cup}, {Peziza coccinea}] 2: miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that te...
fairy godmother
1: a generous benefactor 2: a female character is some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
fairy lantern
1: any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers [syn: {globe lily}]
fairy light
1: a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
fairy ring
1: a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium [syn: {fairy circle}]
fairy shrimp
1: small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
fairy story
1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy tale}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy tale}, {cock-and-bul...
fairy swallow
1: fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
fairy tale
1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy story}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy story}, {cock-and-b...
fairy-slipper
1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {calypso}, {Calypso bulbosa}]
fairyland
1: something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) [syn: {fantasy world}, {phantasy world}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {faerie}, {faery}]
fairytale
1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairy tale}, {fairy story}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairy tale}, {fairy story}, {cock-and...
Faisal
1: king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) [syn: {Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud}]
Faisalabad
1: city in northeast Pakistan [syn: {Lyallpur}]
fait accompli
1: an irreversible accomplishment [syn: {accomplished fact}]
faith
1: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" [syn: {religion}, {religious belief}] 2: complete confidence in a person or pl...
faith cure
1: care provided through prayer and faith in God [syn: {faith healing}]
faith healing
1: care provided through prayer and faith in God [syn: {faith cure}]
faithful
1: steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" [ant: {unfaithful}] 2: marked b...
faithfully
1: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio" [syn: {dependably}, {reliably}] [ant: {unfaithfully}, {unfaithfully}, {unfaithfully}]
faithfulness
1: the quality of being faithful [syn: {fidelity}] [ant: {infidelity}, {infidelity}]
faithless
1: deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: {traitorous}, {unfaithful}]
faithlessly
1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn: {traitorously}, {treacherously}, {treasonably}, {false}]
faithlessness
1: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: {falseness}, {fickleness}, {inconstancy}]
fake
1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus}, {phony}, {phoney}, {bastard}] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthet...
fake book
1: a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly
fakeer
1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man [syn: {fakir}, {faqir}, {faquir}]
faker
1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor}, {pretender}, {fake}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo}, {pseud}, {role player}]
fakery
1: the act of faking (or the product of faking)
fakir
1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man [syn: {fakeer}, {faqir}, {faquir}]
fal la
1: meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song [syn: {fa la}]
falafel
1: small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds [syn: {felafel}]
falcate
1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: {falciform}, {sickle-shaped}]
Falcatifolium
1: sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia [syn: {genus Falca...
Falcatifolium taxoides
1: a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew [syn: {yellow-leaf sickle pine}]
falchion
1: a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point
falciform
1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: {falcate}, {sickle-shaped}]
falciform ligament
1: a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall
Falco
1: a genus of Falconidae [syn: {genus Falco}]
Falco columbarius
1: small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: {pigeon hawk}, {merlin}]
Falco peregrinus
1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: {peregrine}, {peregrine falcon}]
Falco rusticolus
1: large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases [syn: {gyrfalcon}, {gerfalcon}]
Falco sparverius
1: small North American falcon [syn: {sparrow hawk}, {American kestrel}, {kestrel}]
Falco subbuteo
1: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [syn: {hobby}]
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Falco tinnunculus
1: small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind [syn: {kestrel}]
falcon
1: diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight v : hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert"
falcon-gentil
1: female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon [syn: {falcon-gentle}]
falcon-gentle
1: female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon [syn: {falcon-gentil}]
falconer
1: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: {hawker}]
Falconidae
1: a family of birds of the order Falconiformes [syn: {family Falconidae}]
Falconiformes
1: chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures [syn: {order Falconiformes}]
falconine
1: relating to or resembling a falcon
falconry
1: the art of training falcons to hunt and return
falderal
1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: {folderol}, {frills}, {gimcrackery}, {gimcracks}, {nonsense}, {trumpery}]
Falkland Islands
1: a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony
Falkner
1: United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962) [syn: {Faulkner}, {William Faulkner}, {William Cuthbert Faulkner}, {William Falkner}]
fall
1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: {autumn}] 2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: {spill}, {tumble}] 3: the la...
fall all over
1: display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards; "This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him"
fall apart
1: lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" [syn: {go to pieces}] 2: go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair final...
fall armyworm
1: larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains [syn: {Spodoptera frugiperda}]
fall asleep
1: change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures" [syn: {dope off}, {flake out}, {drift off}, {nod off}, {drop off}, {doze off}, {drowse off}] [ant: {wake up}]
fall away
1: get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: {slip}, {drop off}, {drop away}] 2: diminish in size or intensity [syn: {fall off}]
fall back
1: fall backwards and down 2: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall behind}] 3: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" [syn: {reced...
fall behind
1: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {recede}] [ant: {gain}] 2: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall back}]
fall board
1: the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played [syn: {fall-board}]
fall by the wayside
1: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop out}, {give up}, {drop by the wayside}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {qui...
fall cankerworm
1: green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
fall dandelion
1: fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States [syn: {arnica bud}, {Leontodon autumnalis}]
fall down
1: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" [syn: {fall}]
fall equinox
1: September 22 [syn: {autumnal equinox}, {September equinox}] [ant: {vernal equinox}]
fall flat
1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall through}, {founder}, {flop}]
fall for
1: fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil" 2: be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"
fall from grace
1: revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"
fall guy
1: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: {chump}, {fool}, {gull}, {mark}, {patsy}, {sucker}, {soft touch}, {mug}]
fall in
1: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ic...
fall in love
1: begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student"
fall into
1: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" [syn: {fall under}]
fall into place
1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: {click}, {get through}, {dawn}, {come home}, {get across}...
Fall of Man
1: (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden and into the worl...
fall off
1: come off; "This button had fallen off" 2: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {sink}] 3: diminish in size or intensity [syn: {fall away}]
fall open
1: open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped" [syn: {drop open}]
fall out
1: have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" 2: come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" [syn:...
fall over
1: fall forward and down; "The old woman went over without a sound" [syn: {go over}]
fall over backwards
1: try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law" [syn: {bend over backwards}]
fall short
1: fail to meet (expectations or standards) [syn: {come short}]
fall short of
1: fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example [ant: {satisfy}]
fall through
1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall flat}, {founder}, {flop}]
fall under
1: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" [syn: {fall into}]
fall upon
1: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: {strike}, {come upon}, {light upon}, {chance up...
fall webworm
1: a variety of webworm [syn: {Hyphantria cunea}]
fall-blooming hydrangea
1: deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters [syn: {Hydrangea paniculata}]
fall-board
1: the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played [syn: {fall board}]
Falla
1: Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) [syn: {Manuel de Falla}]
fallacious
1: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: {unsound}] 2: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and decei...
fallacy
1: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: {false belief}]
fallal
1: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle}, {bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {trinket}]
fallback
1: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: {disengagement}, {pullout}]
fallen arch
1: an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground [syn: {sunken arch}]
faller
1: a person who fells trees [syn: {lumberman}, {lumberjack}, {feller}] 2: a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"
fallibility
1: the likelihood of making errors [ant: {infallibility}]
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