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F
() The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.
Fa
() A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.
Fa
() The tone F.
Fabaceous
() Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
Fabellae
() of Fabella
Fabella
() One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
Fabian
() Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
Fable
() A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.
Fable
() The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
Fable
() Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
Fable
() Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
Fabled
() of Fable
Fabling
() of Fable
Fable
() To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
Fable
() To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
Fabler
() A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
Fabliaux
() of Fabliau
Fabliau
() One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.
Fabric
() The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
Fabric
() That which is fabricated
Fabric
() Framework; structure; edifice; building.
Fabric
() Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
Fabric
() The act of constructing; construction.
Fabric
() Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.
Fabricked
() of Fabric
Fabricking
() of Fabric
Fabric
() To frame; to build; to construct.
Fabricant
() One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
Fabricated
() of Fabricate
Fabricating
() of Fabricate
Fabricate
() To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
Fabricate
() To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.
Fabricate
() To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
Fabrication
() The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.
Fabrication
() That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.
Fabricator
() One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.
Fabricatress
() A woman who fabricates.
Fabrile
() Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.
Fabulist
() One who invents or writes fables.
Fabulized
() of Fabulize
Fabulizing
() of Fabulize
Fabulize
() To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.
Fabulosity
() Fabulousness.
Fabulosity
() A fabulous or fictitious story.
Fabulous
() Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.
Fabulous
() Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
Faburden
() A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Faburden
() A succession of chords of the sixth.
Faburden
() A monotonous refrain.
Fac
() A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.