| fanfoot | <zoology> A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. Any moth of the genus Polypogon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fanft | <chemical> N-(4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl)formamide. A potent nitrofuran derivative tumour initiator. It causes bladder tumours in all animals studied and is mutagenic to many bacteria. Pharmacological action: carcinogens, mutagens. Chemical name: Formamide, N-(4-(5-nitro-2-furanyl)-2-thiazolyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| fang | 1. <zoology> The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; especially, one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. "Since I am a dog, beware my fangs." (Shak) 2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. "The protuberant fangs of the yucca." (Evelyn) 3. <anatomy> The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. 4. <chemical> A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. 5. <mechanics> A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle. 6. The valve of a pump box. A bend or loop of a rope. In a fang, fast entangled. To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. Origin: From Fang,; cf. AS. Fang a taking, booty, G. Fang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fango | Mud from the Battaglio thermal springs in Italy, applied externally in the treatment of rheumatism and other diseases of the joints and muscles. Origin: It. Mud (05 Mar 2000) |
| fanlike | <botany> Resembling a fan; specifically, folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fannerved | <botany> Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fannia | A genus of flies of the family Muscidae. Species include Fannia canicularis (the lesser housefly), commonly observed in kitchens or near food, which resembles Musca domestica (the common housefly) but is somewhat smaller and has three brown stripes on the thorax, and Fannia scalaris (the latrine fly) which commonly lays eggs in liquid faeces of humans and animals and is distinguished from Fannia canicularis by two brown stripes on its thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fanon | A term applied to various articles, as: A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. A maniple. Alternative forms: fannel, phanon, etc. Origin: F. Fanon, LL. Fano, fr. OHG. Fano banner cloth, G. Fahne banner. See Vane, and cf. Fanion, Confalon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fantail | <zoology> A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fantastic | 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. 4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high." (T. Gray) Synonym: Fanciful, imaginative, ideal, visionary, capricious, chimerical, whimsical, queer. See Fanciful. Origin: F. Fantastique, fr. Gr. Able to represent, fr. To make visible. See Fancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fantasy | An imagined sequence of events or mental images, e.g., daydreams. (12 Dec 1998) |