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Fatalism

The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

Fatalist

One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Fatalistic

Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

Fatality

The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

Fatally

In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.

Fate

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

Fated

Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.

Fateful

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

Fathead

A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow. A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

Father

To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Father-God

God, when considered as the first person in the Trinity.

Father-in-law

The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Father-lasher

A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

Fatherhood

The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Fatherland

One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Fatherless

Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.

Fatherliness

The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Fatherly

Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

Fathership

The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.

Fathom

To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

Fathomless

Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.

Fatidical

Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak.

Fatiferous

Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.

Fatigue

To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Fatimide Fatimite

Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. A descendant of Fatima.

Fatiscence

A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.

Fatling

A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.

Fatner

One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener.

Fatness

The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

fatso

a rotund, obese individual.

Fatten

To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.

fattened

fed until grown and ready for slaughter or for sale in the market; -- of market animals.

Fattener

One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.

Fattish

Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.

fattism

discrimination against people who are overweight.

Fatty

Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.

Fatuity

Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

Fatuous

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Faubourg

A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Faucal

Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.

Fauces

The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

Faucet

A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

Faucial

Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Faugh

An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

Fauld

The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

Faule

A fall or falling band.

Fault

To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

Fault-finder

One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

Fault-finding

The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

Faulting

The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

Faultless

Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.

Faulty

Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.

Faun

A god of fields and shepherds, differing little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.

Fauna

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Faunist

One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.

Fausse-braye

A second rampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

Faust Faustus

Doctor Johann Faust, a person born at Kundling (Knittlingen), W/rtemberg, or at Roda, near Weimar, and said to have died in 1538. He was a man of licentious character, a magician, astrologer, alchemist, and soothsayer, who boasted of performing the miracles of Christ. German legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge. It was believed that he was carried off at last by the devil, who had lived with him in the form of a black dog.

Faustian

Pertainnig to or resembling or befitting Faust especially in insatiable striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; as, a Faustian pact with the devil..

Fauteuil

An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

Fautor

A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor.

Fauvette

A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

Favaginous

Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

favel

Flattery; cajolery; deceit.

favella

A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg/.

faveolate

Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.

Favier explosive

Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining.

favonian

Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

favor

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

Favor

To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

Favorable

Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

Favored

Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; as, a favored friend.

Favoredly

In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.

Favorer

One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.

Favoress

A woman who favors or gives countenance.

Favorite

Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.

Favoritism

The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.

Favorless

Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.

Favose

Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

Favosite

Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.

Favosites

A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

Favus

A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.

Fawe

Fain; glad; delighted.

Fawn

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Fawner

One who fawns; a sycophant.

fax

To transmit a copy of a document (a fax) over a telephone line using facsimile devices or the telefax protocol at both ends. See fax, n., and facsimile{2}, n.

fax machine

A device which is designed to transmit and receive images by the facsimile{2} process. Such a device may also be able to perform other functions, such as scanning an image or copying an image; a telefax device.

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