Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 11

Fatback (n.) The menhaden.

Fat-brained (a.) Dull of apprehension.

Fate (n.) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

Fate (n.) Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.

Fate (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.

Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Invested with the power of determining destiny.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Exempted by fate.

Fateful (a. .) Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

Fateful (a. .) Significant of fate; ominous.

Fathead (n.) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

Fathead (n.) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

Father (n.) One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

Father (n.) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.

Father (n.) One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

Father (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man.

Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.

Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.

Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Fathered (imp. & p. p.) of Father

Fathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Father

Father (v. t.) To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Father (v. t.) To provide with a father.

Fatherhood (n.) The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Fathers-in-law (pl. ) of Father-in-law

Father-in-law (n.) The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Fatherland (n.) One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Father-lasher (n.) A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

Fatherless (a.) Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.

Fatherless (a.) Without a known author.

Fatherlessness (n.) The state of being without a father.

Fatherliness (n.) The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Father longlegs () See Daddy longlegs, 2.

Fatherly (a.) Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

Fatherly (a.) Of or pertaining to a father.

Fathership (n.) The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.

Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

Fathom (n.) The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration.

Fathomed (imp. & p. p.) of Fathom

Fathoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fathom

Fathom (v. t.) To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.

Fathomable (a.) Capable of being fathomed.

Fathomer (n.) One who fathoms.

Fathomless (a.) Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.

Fathomless (a.) Incomprehensible.

Fatidical (a.) Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak.

Fatiferous (a.) Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.

Fatigable (a.) Easily tired.

Fatigate (a.) Wearied; tired; fatigued.

Fatigate (v. t.) To weary; to tire; to fatigue.

Fatigation (n.) Weariness.

Fatigue (n.) Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

Fatigue (n.) The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.

Fatigue (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Fatigued (imp. & p. p.) of Fatigue

Fatiguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fatigue

Fatigue (n.) To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Fatiloquent (a.) Prophetic; fatidical.

Fatiloquist (n.) A fortune teller.

Fatimite (a.) Alt. of Fatimide

Fatimide (a.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed.

Fatimide (n.) A descendant of Fatima.

Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.

Fat-kidneyed (a.) Gross; lubberly.

Fatling (n.) A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.

Fatly (adv.) Grossly; greasily.

Fatner (n.) One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener.

Fatness (n.) The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

Fatness (n.) Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.

Fatness (n.) That which makes fat or fertile.

Fattened (imp. & p. p.) of Fatten

Fattining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fatten

Fatten (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

Fatten (v. t.) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.

Fatten (v. i.) To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.

Fattener (n.) One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.

Fattiness (n.) State or quality of being fatty.

Fattish (a.) Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.

Fatty (a.) Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.

Fatuitous (a.) Stupid; fatuous.

Fatuity (n.) Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

Fatuous (a.) Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Fatuous (a.) Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Fat-wited (a.) Dull; stupid.

Faubourg (n.) A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Faucal (a.) Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.

Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

Fauces (n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

Faucet (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Fauchion (n.) See Falchion.

Faucial (a.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Faugh (interj.) An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

Faulchion (n.) See Falchion.

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