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noun (faculties)
- The scholarly staff at colleges or university, universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
- An ability, skill, or power.
- He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
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proper noun
- (given name, female)
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adjective - Not believing; not giving credit.
- Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.
- Not observant of promises or covenants.
- Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
- Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
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| fall |
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noun
- The act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.
- (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere; from the falling of leaves during this season) autumn, Autumn.
- A loss of greatness or status; as, the fall of Rome.
- (cricket) (of a wicket) The act of a batsman being out.
- (In plural only: falls) A waterfall.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown in an area to drift in a given direction
verb (falls, falling, fell or (sense 7 only) (archaic) felled, fallen or (sense 7 ony) (archaic) felled)
- (intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity
- Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
- to come down, to drop or descend
- The rain fell at dawn.
- to come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself
- He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
- to be brought to the ground; to collapse, to be overthrown or defeated; to die
- Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
- to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate
- And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
- (transitive) (followed by an adjective) To become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows.
- She has fallen ill.
- Usage note: Now only used in certain set phrases and expressions (see "Derived terms" below).
- (transitive) (archaic) To cause something to fall (4); especially to cause a tree to fall (4) by cutting it down.
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| Father |
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proper noun
- (Christianity) God, the father of Creation
- A title given to priests.
- Thomas was a good priest.
- One's father
- I will only do what Father asks.
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| fatwa |
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noun (plural fatawa Arabic or fatwas)
- (Islam) A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer
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| feast |
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noun
- A very large meal.
verb
- To partake in a feast (above).
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| feast day |
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noun
- a day allocated to a particular saint.
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| feria |
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noun
- A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
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| fiesta |
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noun
- (In Spanish speaking countries): A religious festival.
- A festive occasion.
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| fold |
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noun
- the act of folding
- a bend or crease.
- any correct move in origami.
verb (folds, folding, folded, folded or rarely folden)
- (transitive) to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- If you the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.
- (Informal) to fall over.
- (intransitive) to give way on a point or in an argument.
- (intransitive) (poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter.
- (intransitive) Of a company, to cease to trade.
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| font |
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noun
- A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
- A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
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| formalism |
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noun
- (context, computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
- (context, literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.
- (context, music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in wikipedia:Serialism, Serial music.
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| formula |
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noun (plural formulae in scientific use, formulas in informal use)
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- <math>x = \frac {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}</math> is the formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c.
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- H2O is the formula for water (Dihydrogen monoxide)
- A plan of action intended to solve a problem.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quanties of ingredients of such a mixture.
- The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.
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| fraction |
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noun
- a part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- (arithmetic) a ratio of two integers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a vinculum (horizontal bar)
- (chemistry) a component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- In a Eucharistic service, the breaking of the Host.
verb
- divide or break into fractions.
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noun
- A monk or nun belonging to the religious order founded by St Francis of Assisi.
adjective
- Pertaining to St Francis or to the Franciscans.
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| friar |
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noun - A member of certain Christian orders such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
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| friary |
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noun , plural friaries
- house or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
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| friend |
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noun
- A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- A boyfriend or girlfriend.
- An associate who provides assistance.
- The Automobile Association is every motorist"s .
- The police is every law abiding citizen"s .
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted
- a of a
- A person who backs something.
- I"m not a of cheap wine.
- An object or idea that can be used for good.
- Google is your .
- (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- You"d better watch it, .
verb
- to act as the friend of
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| frock |
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noun
- A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals, a habit.
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| frontal |
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noun
- A drapery covering the front of an altar.
- The faí§ade of a building.
adjective
- Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
- Anatomy
- Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
- Of or relating to the frontal plane.
- Of or relating to a weather front.
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| fundamentalism |
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noun
- (religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
- (finance) The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of an instrument.
- The beliefs held by those in this movement.
- Strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.
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