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fairy
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noun (abstract noun)
  1. land of the fae, state of enchantment, associated with fays (as in fairy gold, fairy queen)
Fate
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proper noun
  1. Any one of the Fates.
  2. A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).
faun
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noun (plural fauns)
  1. (greekmyth) A mythical creature with the lower body of a goat and the upper body of a man, occasionally with horns and/or a long tail.
fauna
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noun (plural: faunae or faunas)
  1. animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  2. a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.
Faust
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proper noun
  1. a magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge
Fay
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proper noun
  1. A surname of Irish origin.
  2. (given name, female), pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
Fenrir
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proper noun
  1. In Norse mythology, a monstrous wolf, the son of Loki.
Fergus
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noun
  1. A masculine given name.
Finn
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proper noun
  1. A person from Finland.
Fionn
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male) from Irish Gaelic "fair, white", name of a legendary hero.
fortune
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noun
  1. Destiny or fate.
  2. A chance.
  3. Good luck.
  4. Lots of riches.
verb (fortun, es)
  1. (context, obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place.
    • 1885: It fortuned one night that the Sultan purposed setting out on a journey next morning " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)
Fury
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proper noun (Furies)
  1. (context, Roman mythology) female personification of vengeance

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