A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

The brow or hairy arch above the eye.

a cosmetic pencil-like device used to apply a tint to the eyebrows, or darken lighter areas on the eyebrows. It is sometimes used to create a /beauty mark/ on the face.

A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.

Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as, sharp-eyed; blue-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.

A tear.

A blinder on a horse's bridle.

Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable.

a view of something remarkable; a completely satisfying view; as much as, or more than, one would want to see; as, he got an eyeful of burnt-out buildings on his tour of the south Bronx.

A glance of eye.

A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a monocle.

a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, used for correcting defective vision. Also called a pair of eyeglasses. See also eyeglass{1}.

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

Without eyes; blind.

A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

a cosmetic powder of a dark tint, applied to the eyelid close to the base of the eyelashes to accentuate the eyes. Compare eye shadow.

Eyes.

Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry.

a protective covering, usually made of cloth, for an injured eye.

One who eyes another.

The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.

Ointment for the eye.

A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.

a cosmetic powder or cream of a dark tint, applied on the eyelids or just under the eyebrows to accentuate the eyes. Compare eyeliner.

Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot.

Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.

Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.

One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinid/, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.

The tendon by which the eye is moved.

An island. See Eyot.

A canine tooth of the upper jaw.

See Eyewater.

A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

A wink; a token.

An eyelash.

One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

Eyes.

An island. See Eyot.

To ail.

See /iliad.

A little island in a river or lake. See Ait.

Air.

A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

See Ey, an egg.

The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.

Same as Eisel.

F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph/nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.

A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization. The tone F.

extremely pleasing.

A large natural family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniacea; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.

Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.

a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.

To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.

One of the metrical tales of the Trouv/res, or early poets of the north of France.

To frame; to build; to construct.

One who fabricates; a manufacturer.

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; as, a fabricated excuse for his absence.

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.

A woman who fabricates.

Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

One who invents or writes fables.

To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.

Fabulousness.

Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. A succession of chords of the sixth.

A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.

The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its fa/ade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.

an operation to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from a person's face.

Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; as, the chief of staff has the most face time with the president.

to harden (steel) by adding carbon.

to perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; as, a face-saving compromise; -- of actions.

without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; as, face-to-face negotiations.

Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

Facetious; witty; humorous.

Having facets.

Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

See Facet, n.

The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

See Fascia.

Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.

The multiplicand. See Facient, 2.

One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent.

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.

freed from difficulty or impediment. Contrasted with delayed.

The act of facilitating or making easy.

freeing from difficulty or impediment; as, facilitative changes in the economic structure.

someone who makes progress easier.

inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity.

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.

In a facing manner or position.

Atrociously wicked.

Speech; eloquence.

To make a facsimile of.

A doing, making, or preparing.

designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, a fact-finding committee.

One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.

One of a faction.

One who promotes faction.

Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.

Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.

Causing; causative.