downfall | (noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: fall |
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(noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: ruin, ruination |
(noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: precipitation |
evenfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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fall | (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: spill, tumble |
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(noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, surrender |
(noun) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity | - |
(noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: dip, drop, free fall |
(noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | Synonyms: drop |
(noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: downfall |
(noun) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | Synonyms: pin |
(noun) a movement downward | - |
(noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope |
(noun) the season when the leaves fall from the trees | Synonyms: autumn |
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
fallaciousness | (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning | - |
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fallacy | (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: false belief |
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fallal | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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fallback | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: disengagement, pullout |
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fallboard | (noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played | Synonyms: fall-board |
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faller | (noun) a person who falls | - |
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(noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman |
fallibility | (noun) the likelihood of making errors | - |
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falloff | (noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality | Synonyms: drop-off, falling off, slack, slump |
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fallout | (noun) any adverse and unwanted secondary effect | Synonyms: side effect |
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(noun) the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion | Synonyms: radioactive dust |
fallow | (noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | - |
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falls | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: waterfall |
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(noun) the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) | - |
farfalle | (noun) pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie | Synonyms: bowtie pasta |
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footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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icefall | (noun) a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall | - |
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infallibility | (noun) the quality of never making an error | - |
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landfall | (noun) the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
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(noun) the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
nightfall | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, twilight |
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outfall | (noun) the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water | - |
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pitfall | (noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pit |
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(noun) an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty | Synonyms: booby trap |
pratfall | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup |
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(noun) a fall onto your buttocks | - |
rainfall | (noun) water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | Synonyms: rain |
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shortfall | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortage |
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snowfall | (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snow |
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waterfall | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: falls |
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windfall | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven |
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(noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree | - |