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21fauchard — /foh shahr /; Fr. /foh shannrdd /, n., pl. fauchards / shahrz /; Fr. / shannrdd /. a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor s weapon. [ < F; OF fauchart,… …
22fauteuil — /foh til/; Fr. /foh tue yeu/, n., pl. fauteuils / tilz/; Fr. / tue yeu/. Fr. Furniture. an upholstered armchair, esp. one with open sides. Cf. bergère. [1735 45; < F; OF faldestoel, faudestueil < Old Low Franconian *faldistôl; see FALDSTOOL] * *… …
23fauxbourdon — /foh beuhr don /; Fr. /foh boohrdd dawonn /, n. 1. Music. a 15th century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper… …
24foliose — /foh lee ohs /, adj. 1. Bot. leafy. 2. Mycol. having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens. Cf. crustose, fruticose. Also, folious /foh lee euhs/. [1720 30; < L foliosus. See FOLIUM, OSE1] * * * …
25folio verso — /foh lee oh werdd soh/; Eng. /foh lee oh verr soh/, Latin. the back of the page. * * * …
26fomes — /foh meez/, n., pl. fomites /fom i teez , foh mi /. Usually, fomites. Med. any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease. [1650 60; < L fomes kindling wood, tinder, akin to… …
27Fomorian — /foh mawr ee euhn/, n. Irish Legend. one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature. Also, Fomor /foh mawr/. * * * …
28Phobos — /foh beuhs, bos/, n. 1. Also, Phobus /foh beuhs/. Class. Myth. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat. 2. Astron. one of the two moons of Mars. Cf. Deimos. * * * ▪ astronomy… …
29phocomelia — /foh koh mee lee euh, meel yeuh/, n. Pathol. a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short. Also, phokomelia, phocomely /foh kom euh lee/. [1890 95; < NL, equiv. to phoco , comb. form repr. Gk phóke… …
30photofission — /foh teuh fish euhn, foh teuh fish /, n. Physics. nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high energy photon. [1935 40; PHOTO + FISSION] * * * …
