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proper noun
- An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.
- A city in Alaska Interior, Alaska.
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| Fairfax |
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proper noun
- A surname that was originally a nickname for someone with long hair
- Any of several placenames
- The title of a Scottish peerage
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| falls |
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noun singular or plural
- A waterfall.
verb
- (third-person singular of, fall)
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| Falmouth |
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proper noun
- A coastal town and port in Cornwall, England
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| Far East |
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proper noun
- (Dated) Term used by Europeans to describe the region of South-East Asia, Japan, etc.
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| farewell |
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noun
- A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a good-bye; adieu.
- An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
adjective
- parting; valedictory; final;
- a farewell discourse
- his farewell bow
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| faro |
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noun - A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker.
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| Faroe Islands |
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proper noun or the Faroes; alternative spelling: the Faeroe Islands or the Faeroes
- Group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland; a self-governing territory of Denmark.
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| Fatima |
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proper noun
- a female given name
- (Islam) a daughter of the prophet Muhammad, the wife of the caliph Ali.
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| fear |
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noun
- (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- He was struck by on seeing the snake.
- (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Not everybody has the same fears.
- I have a of ants.
- (uncountable) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.
verb
- (transitive) To feel fear about (something).
- I the worst will happen.
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- People who God can be found in Christian churches.
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| fen |
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noun
- A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline.
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| Ferguson |
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proper noun
- A surname originating in Scotland from Wikipedia:Clan Fergusson, Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
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| Ferrara |
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proper noun
- Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.
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| Fertile Crescent |
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proper noun
- (Ancient History) A cresent shaped strip of fertile land stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey and down the Syrian and Israeli coasts.
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| Fez |
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proper noun
- A city in Morocco.
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| Fife |
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proper noun - A traditional county of Scotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
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| Fiji |
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proper noun (or Viti)
- A country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands. Official name: Republic of the Fiji Islands.
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| Finland |
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proper noun
- One of the Nordic countries having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia. Member state of the European Union since 1995. Official name: Republic of Finland (Suomen tasavalta in Finnish, Republiken Finland in Swedish).
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| fiord |
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noun
- A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
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| Fitzgerald |
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proper noun
- An Irish patronymic surname from Gerald
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| Fla. |
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abbreviation
- Florida
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| flagstaff |
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noun (flagstaves, pl2=flagstaffs)
- A pole on which a flag is raised.
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| Flint |
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proper noun
- A city in Michigan
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| Flintshire |
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proper noun
- A maritime traditional county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
- A local government principal area. It borders, Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
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| Florence |
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proper noun
- A province of Tuscany, Italy.
- The capital city of the province Florence.
- (given name, female, )
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| Florida |
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proper noun
- A southeast state of the United States of America. Capital: Tallahassee.
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| florin |
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noun
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol �
- A former British coin, worth two shillings / ten (new) pence.
- Synonyms - two shillings, two bob
- a guilder (former currency unit if the Netherlands)
- any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy
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| flushing |
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verb
- (present participle of, flush)
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| Foggia |
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proper noun
- Province of Apulia, Italy.
- City and capital of Foggia.
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| Folkestone |
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proper noun
- A coastal town in Kent, England
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| Forest of Dean |
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proper noun
- An area of Gloucestershire, between the rivers Severn and Wye, with a long history of mining.
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| Forli |
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proper noun or Forlí¬
- Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Town and capital of Forli.
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| Formosa |
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proper noun
- The name given to Taiwan island by the Portuguese colonists in the 16th century.
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| Fortaleza |
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proper noun - State capital of Cearí¡ (Brazil).
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| Forth |
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noun
- A high level (FOuRTH? generation) programing language.
proper noun
- (rivers) A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.
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| France |
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proper noun
- Country in Western Europe having borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain. Member state of the European Union. Official name: French Republic (République Franí§aise). Population: 62 million inhabitants.
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| Frankfort |
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proper noun
- The capital of the state of Kentucky
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| Franklin |
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noun
- (context, US, informal) A one hundred dollar note, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
proper noun (given=yes, surname=yes)
- A male given name.
- An English surname.
- w:Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
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| Frederick |
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proper noun - (given name, male, from Germanic, ).
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| Fredericton |
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proper noun
- provincial, Provincial capital of New Brunswick (Canada).
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| freehold |
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noun - The tenure of property held in fee simple for life
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| Freetown |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Sierra Leone
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| Freiburg |
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proper noun
- A German city in Baden-Wí¼rttemberg located in the Black Forest. The population is around 200,000.
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| Fremantle |
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proper noun (wikipedia, Fremantle)
(surname=yes)
- An English surname
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| French Guiana |
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proper noun
- Overseas department of France in South America. Official name: Department of French Guiana.
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| French Polynesia |
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proper noun
- Overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of French Polynesia.
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| Fribourg |
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proper noun
- A canton of Switzerland.
- A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Fribourg.
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| Friesland |
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proper noun - A province of the Netherlands.
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| Frisco |
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proper noun
- (slang) San Francisco, California.
- 1968, w:Otis Redding, Otis Redding, w:(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay (song):
- : Left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay, I had nothin' to live for, looks like nothin's gonna come my way, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away, sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time.
- 1872, "Emporer" w:Joshua A. Norton, Josua A. Norton, Edict:
- : Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars.
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