| frit | 1. The material from which the glaze for artificial teeth is made. 2. A powdered pigment material used in colouring the porcelain of artificial teeth. Origin: Fr. Frit, fried (05 Mar 2000) |
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| frith | 1. <geography> A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. Origin: OE. Firth, Icel. Fjorr; akin to Sw. Fjard, Dan. Fiord, E. Ford. See Ford, and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor. 1. A forest; a woody place. 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. Origin: OE. Frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. Fri peace; akin to freno peace, protection, asylum, G. Friede peace, Icel. Frir, and from the root of E. Free, friend. See Free, and cf. Affray, Defray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fritillaria | <botany> A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial. Origin: NL, fr. L. Fritillus dicebox: cf. F. Fritillaire. So named from the checkered markings of the petals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fritillary | 1. <botany> A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria. 2. <zoology> One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; so called because the colouring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fritsch | Heinrich, German gynecologist, 1844-1915. See: Bozeman-Fritsch catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |