faubourg | (noun) a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city | - |
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fauces | (noun) the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx | - |
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faucet | (noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir | Synonyms: spigot |
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fauld | (noun) a piece of armor plate below the breastplate | - |
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fault | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, mistake |
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(noun) (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | - |
(noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: demerit |
(noun) responsibility for a bad situation or event | - |
(noun) (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | - |
(noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
(noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, flaw |
faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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faultfinding | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: carping |
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faultiness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: defectiveness |
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faulting | (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift |
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faultlessness | (noun) the quality of being without an error or fault | Synonyms: impeccability |
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faun | (noun) ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr | - |
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fauna | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature |
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(noun) all the animal life in a particular region or period | Synonyms: zoology |
fauteuil | (noun) an upholstered armchair | - |
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fauvism | (noun) an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists | - |
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fauvist | (noun) a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism | Synonyms: Fauve |
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