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51Fokine — /foh keen /, n. Michel Mikhaylovich /mi shel mi huy leuh vich/, 1880 1942, Russian choreographer and ballet dancer, in the U.S. after 1925. * * * …
52Foley — /foh lee/, adj. of or pertaining to motion picture sound effects or soundtracks: a Foley artist; the Foley editor. [after Jack Foley, sound effect pioneer at Universal Pictures in the 1930s] * * * …
53foliar — /foh lee euhr/, adj. of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves. [1870 75; < NL foliaris. See FOLIUM, AR1] * * * …
54foliated — /foh lee ay tid/, adj. 1. shaped like a leaf or leaves: foliated ornaments. 2. Also, foliate. Petrol., Mineral. consisting of thin and separable laminae. 3. Archit. foliate (def. 3). [1640 50; FOLIATE + ED2] * * * …
55foliation — /foh lee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of putting forth leaves. 2. the state of being in leaf. 3. Bot. a. the arrangement of leaves within a bud. b. the arrangement of leaves on a plant. 4. leaves or foliage. 5. Print. the consecutive… …
56foliature — /foh lee euh cheuhr/, n. a cluster of leaves; foliage. [1670 80; < LL foliatura foliage. See FOLIATE, URE] * * * …
57folic — /foh lik, fol ik/, adj. of or derived from folic acid. [ < L fol(ium) FOLIUM + IC] * * * …
58foliicolous — /foh lee ik euh leuhs/, adj. 1. growing on leaves, as certain liverworts. 2. parasitic on leaves, as certain fungi. [1870 75; FOL(IUM) + I + COLOUS] * * * …
59foliiferous — /foh lee if euhr euhs/, adj. Bot. bearing leaves or leaflike structures. [1820 30; FOL(IUM) + I + FEROUS] * * * …
60folinic acid — /foh lin ik/, Biochem., Pharm. a crystalline, slightly water soluble solid, C20H23N7O7, produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias. [1945 50; FOL(IC) + IN2 + IC] * * * …
