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Fados
- noun - a sad Portuguese folksong
Faery
- noun - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- the enchanted realm of fairies
Fagin
- noun - a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens; "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets"
Fagot
- noun - a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
- bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks"
- fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
- offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
Faham
- - The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Fahr.
- - an abbreviation of Fahrenheit; -- used in designating temperatures; as, 72 Used as an alternative to celsius.
Fails
- verb -
- be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
- be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- 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"
- fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
- fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of
Faint
- adjective - a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- deficient in magnitude; 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"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"
- indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
- lacking clarity or distinctness;
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
- lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light
Fairs
- noun - a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
- a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly