| fraternity |
a social organization of male college students which usu. has a name composed of Greek letters, and which has a strict selection and initiation procedure. (Cf. sorority.) [4 definitions] |
| fraternize |
to relate or associate in a friendly or brotherly way (often fol. by "with"). [2 definitions] |
| fratricide |
the killing of a brother by his sibling. [2 definitions] |
| Frau |
(German) a woman, esp. a married woman (used as a form of address). |
| fraud |
deliberate deception or trickery used for unfair or illegal advantage. [3 definitions] |
| fraudulent |
characterized by or based on the use of deceit or trickery. [2 definitions] |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant (usu. fol. by "with"). [2 definitions] |
| Fräulein |
(German) a young woman, esp. an unmarried woman (used as a form of address). |
| fraxinella |
see "dittany." |
| fray1 |
a noisy dispute or conflict; brawl or battle. |
| fray2 |
to wear or rub thin or threadbare. [4 definitions] |
| frazzle |
(informal) to tire out; exhaust one's body or nerves. [3 definitions] |
| freak1 |
something exhibiting aberration or abnormality, esp. a human or animal with some extraordinary physical defect or malformation. [4 definitions] |
| freak2 |
to dot or streak with color. [2 definitions] |
| freak out |
(informal) to totally lose control of one's emotions, esp. in anger or distress. [2 definitions] |
| freak show |
(old-fashioned) a sideshow of humans, animals, or plants that exhibit physical abnormalities, as at a carnival. |
| freaky |
unusual or strange; freakish. [2 definitions] |
| freckle |
a light brown dot or mark of pigmentation in the skin, often brought out by exposure to sunlight. [3 definitions] |
| Frederick Douglass |
U.S. abolitionist and orator, who served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War (b. 1818--d. 1895). |
| Frederick Olmsted |
U.S. park designer considered the founder of American landscape architecture, whose achievements include New York City's Central Park and major U.S. national parks; born Frederick Law Olmsted (b.1822--d.1903) |
| Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu |
an American of Japanese descent who, during World War II, was one of only a few Japanese-Americans to openly defy the relocation orders of the U.S. Government. Korematsu was arrested and sent to an internment center in 1942, and his challenge to the constitutionality of forced relocation was ruled against by the Supreme Court in 1944 in Korematsu v. United States (b.1919--d.2005). |