| FDIC |
abbreviation of "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation," a U.S. governmental agency that insures deposits in member commercial banks up to a certain amount to protect the public against a bank's failure, and can act to prevent a bank's failure. |
| Fe |
symbol of the chemical element iron. |
| fealty |
the loyalty pledged by a vassal to a feudal lord and considered as binding. [2 definitions] |
| fear |
an emotion characterized by alarm, anxiety, and tension, often caused by an expectation of danger or pain; dread. [8 definitions] |
| fearful |
having feelings of fear or apprehension. [4 definitions] |
| fearless |
without fear; undaunted; brave. |
| fearsome |
causing awe or fear. |
| feasance |
in law, doing that which is a duty, condition, obligation, or the like. |
| feasible |
capable of being done, carried out, or brought about; likely to succeed. [3 definitions] |
| feast |
any sumptuous and elaborate meal, usu. for many people; banquet. [6 definitions] |
| feast day |
(often cap.) a periodic commemorative event or occasion, esp. a religious festival celebrating a saint or holy occurrence. |
| feat |
an act or accomplishment, esp. one requiring courage, strength, or skill. |
| feather |
one of the structures forming the plumage of birds, consisting of a hollow, tapering, horny shaft growing from the skin and bearing a web of slender, parallel, interlocked barbs on either side. [12 definitions] |
| featherbed |
to hire or require the hiring of more employees than are needed or limit the production of each, or to be hired as a result of such an arrangement. |
| featherbedding |
the practice, or an instance, of requiring an employer to hire more workers than necessary, or of restricting the production of workers. |
| featherbrain |
a foolish or flighty person; scatterbrain. |
| featheredge |
a tapering or thinning edge, resembling the edge of a feather, as of a wedge-shaped board. |
| feather in one's cap |
an accomplishment or achievement; something that does one credit. |
| featherless |
combined form of feather. |
| feather one's nest |
to exploit an opportunity to enrich oneself, esp. to the disadvantage or at the expense of others. |
| featherstitch |
a stitch in embroidery or knitting in which short, alternating branches on either side of a central line form a zigzag pattern. [3 definitions] |