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

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

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.

Of or pertaining to ashes.

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

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

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.

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

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

In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.

Appearance.

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

A woman who favors or gives countenance.

That favors.

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

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.

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

Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.

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

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

Fain; glad; delighted.

A falconer.

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

One who fawns; a sycophant.

In a fawning manner.

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.

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.

Hairy.

To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.

See Fa/ence.

See Faitour.

To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed. A variant form of Feeze.

A handkerchief.

A gooseberry.

To beat or whip; to drive.

Faithful; loyal.

Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyalty. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.

To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

One who fears.

Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

In a fearful manner.

The state of being fearful.

Free from fear.

A fearless person.

Frightful; causing fear.

The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.

Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.

To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.

One who fares deliciously.

Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.

Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty.

Having a feat or trim body.

Dexterous; neat.

To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.

Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed.

The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.

Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.

An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

A frivolous or feather-brained person.

Giddy; frivolous; foolish.

Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Feather-headed; frivolous.

Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

a mattress stuffed with feathers.

A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.

The state or condition of being feathery.

Same as Foliation.

Destitute of feathers.

Like feathers.

A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.

Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.

Skill; adroitness.

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

Shaped; fashioned.

Having no distinct or distinctive features.

Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.

A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.

The unlaid or ragged end of a rope.

To have a fever.

Somewhat feverish.

Febrific.

Causing fever; as, a febriferous locality.

Producing fever.

Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever.

A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. Antifebrile.

Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.

The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Purification; a sacrifice.

Relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; f/cal.

To fetch.

Dregs; sediment; excrement. See faeces.

Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law.

The anal fork on which the larv/ of certain insects carry their f/ces.

Effect.

Spiritless; weak; worthless.

A corruption of the word faith.

Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula. The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.

The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.

Feculence.

Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.

Fruitful in children; prolific.

To make fruitful or prolific.

The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

To make fruitful; to fecundate.

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.

imp. p. p. of Feed.

A feodary.

a member of an Arab paramilitary organization, predominantly Palestinian, which performs commando raids, especially against Israel or Israeli targets. Usually used in the plural.

an extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli.

See Federalist.

A federally chartered corporation that purchases and resells mortgages.

The principles of Federalists or of federal union.

An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.

A partner; a confederate; an accomplice.