| factory farming |
a strictly controlled system of livestock farming in which animals are confined indoors under high density conditions to reduce costs and increase output. |
| factotum |
one employed to do a wide variety of tasks. |
| factual |
of or relating to fact. [2 definitions] |
| facula |
any of several large irregular bright spots or streaks visible on the surface of the sun. |
| facultative |
of or concerning the granting of a right or privilege. [3 definitions] |
| faculty |
capacity or ability, as to do a certain task or to think in a certain way. [3 definitions] |
| fad |
a fashion or behavior taken up briefly but enthusiastically; craze. |
| faddish |
relating to or having the nature of a passing fashion or craze. |
| fade |
to lose color or brightness gradually; dim. [6 definitions] |
| fadeaway |
in baseball, designating a curve ball that dips and slows down as it reaches home plate. [2 definitions] |
| fade-in |
a gradual increase in the sharpness of focus or visibility of a scene or image in film or television, or in the audibility of sound in broadcasting. |
| fadeless |
combined form of fade. |
| fade-out |
a gradual decrease in the sharpness of focus or visibility of a scene or image in film or television, or in the audibility of sound in broadcasting. |
| faeces |
variant of feces. |
| faerie |
the imaginary dwelling place of fairies; fairyland. [2 definitions] |
| fag |
to make weary or exhausted; tire (often fol. by "out"). [4 definitions] |
| fag end |
the last or worst part of something, esp. the worn-out or frayed end of a piece of cloth or rope. |
| faggot |
(offensive slang) a male homosexual. |
| fagot |
sticks, twigs, or branches bound together. [4 definitions] |
| fagoting |
a technique for trimming or decorating cloth with crisscross stitches across an open seam, or with vertical threads tied at midpoint in bundles spaced across a section with no horizontal threads. |
| Fahrenheit |
of, pertaining to, or designating a temperature scale on which thirty-two degrees is the freezing point and 212 degrees is the boiling point of water. (abbr.: F) |