| fucosyltransferases | <enzyme> Enzymes catalyzing the transfer of fucose from a nucleoside diphosphate fucose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid molecule. Elevated activity of some fucosyltransferases in human serum may serve as an indicator of malignancy. Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| fucoxanthin | <chemical> Carotenoid pigment of certain brown algae (Phaeophyta) and bacteria: absorbs at 500-580 nm. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fucus | Origin: L. Rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple colour, disguise, deceit. 1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. 2. <botany> A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green colour; rockweed. Formerly most marine alg? were called fuci. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fucusol | <chemistry> An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds. Origin: Fucus + L. Oleum oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| FUDR | <abbreviation> Fluorodeoxyuridine. See: floxuridine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuel | 1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc. 2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc, consolidated into lumps or blocks. Origin: OF. Fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. Focalium, focale, fr. L. Focus hearth, fireplace, in LL, fire. See Focus] [Formerly written also fewel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fuel cell | A device that converts the energy of a fuel directly to electricity and heat, without combustion. (05 Dec 1998) |
| fuel cycle | The series of steps required to produce electricity. The fuel cycle includes mining or otherwise acquiring the raw fuel source, processing and cleaning the fuel, transport, electricity generation, waste management and plant decommissioning. (05 Dec 1998) |
| fuel handling system | A system for unloading wood fuel from vans or trucks, transporting the fuel to a storage pile or bin, and conveying the fuel from storage to the boiler or other energy conversion equipment. (05 Dec 1998) |
| fuel oils | Complex petroleum hydrocarbons consisting mainly of residues from crude oil distillation. These liquid products include heating oils, stove oils, and furnace oils and are burned to generate energy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fuel-cell furnace | A variation of the Dutch oven design, that usually incorporates a primary and secondary combustion chamber (cell). The primary chamber is a vertical refractory-lined cylinder with a grate at the bottom in which combustion is partially completed. Combustion is completed in the secondary chamber. (05 Dec 1998) |
| fugacious | Falling or withering away very early. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fugacity | The tendency of the molecules in a fluid, as a result of all forces acting on them, to leave a given site in the body; the escaping tendency of a fluid, as in diffusion, evaporation, etc. Origin: L. Fuga, flight (05 Mar 2000) |
| fugitive | 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc, escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. "The fugitive Parthians follow." (Shak) "Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear?" (Richardson) "A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician." (Sir H. Wotton) 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colours; a fugitive idea. "The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . Of vegatables." (Woodward) Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Synonym: Fleeting, unstable, wandering, uncertain, volatile, fugacious, fleeing, evanescent. Origin: OE. Fugitif, F. Fugitif, fr. L. Fugitivus, fr. Fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fugitive swelling | A parasitic infection caused by the nematode loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless. (12 Dec 1998) |