Part 31

~Facetious~, _a._ Witty, jocular, jocose, humorous, waggish, funny, comical, pleasant, merry, sportive, droll.

~Facile~, _a._ ~1.~ Easy, not difficult, not hard.

~2.~ Mild, courteous, affable, not haughty, not austere.

~3.~ Pliant, pliable, flexible, ductile, yielding, tractable, manageable, easily persuaded.

~Facilitate~, _v. a._ Make easy, render less difficult.

~Facility~, _n._ ~1.~ Easiness (_in doing any thing_), ease.

~2.~ Readiness, dexterity, expertness, quickness, knack, ability.

~3.~ Affability, condescension, complaisance, urbanity, civility, politeness.

~4.~ Pliancy, ductility, flexibility.

~5.~ Means, resource, appliance, convenience, advantage.

~Fac-simile~, _n._ Exact copy.

~Fact~, _n._ ~1.~ Incident, event, occurrence, circumstance, act, deed, performance, thing done.

~2.~ Reality, act, actuality, certainty, real existence.

~Faction~, _n._ ~1.~ Combination (_against a government_), cabal, junto, clique, party. ~2.~ Tumult, discord, dissension, disagreement.

~Factious~, _a._ Turbulent, seditious, refractory, given to faction.

~Factitious~, _a._ Artificial, made by art, not natural.

~Factor~, _n._ ~1.~ Agent, broker, substitute, consignee, middleman, go-between, commission merchant.

~2.~ (_Math._) Multiplier, element of a product.

~Factory~, _n._ ~1.~ Residence of factors.

~2.~ Body of factors.

~3.~ Manufactory, mill, manufacturing establishment.

~Factotum~, _n._ Doer of all work, jack-at-all-trades.

~Faculty~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, capability, capacity, ingenuity, competency, endowment, gift, virtue, property, quality, talent, forte.

~2.~ Skill, skilfulness, ability, ableness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, address, cleverness, aptitude, aptness, knack, turn, quickness, readiness, facility.

~3.~ Department, profession, craft.

~4.~ (_Law._) Privilege, license, right.

~Fade~, _a._ [Fr.] Weak, flat, insipid.

~Fade~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Vanish, disappear, evanesce, pass away, be seen no more.

~2.~ Decline, droop, languish, decay, wither.

~3.~ Lose color, lose lustre, grow dim.

~Fadeless~, _a._ Unfading.

~Fadge~, _v. n._ [_Low._] Suit, fit, be suitable.

~Fæces~, _n._ ~1.~ Sediment, dregs, lees, settlings.

~2.~ Excrement, dung, ordure, alvine discharges.

~Fag~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Droop, sink, flag, grow weary, become fatigued, be tired.

~2.~ Drudge, toil (_in menial service_).

~Fag~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, thump.

~2.~ Compel to drudge.

~Fag~, _n._ [_Especially applied in England to a school-boy who does menial service for another._] Drudge, menial, slave.

~Fagged~, _a._ Wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted, jaded, used up, knocked up, beat out.

~Fagot~, _n._ Bundle of sticks.

~Fail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall short, come short, be insufficient, be deficient, be wanting.

~2.~ Decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, give out.

~3.~ Cease, disappear, become extinct, be wanting.

~4.~ Miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, be frustrated, end in smoke, come to nothing, fall still-born, flash in the pan, miss fire, miss stays, fall to the ground.

~5.~ Omit, neglect.

~6.~ Break, become insolvent, become bankrupt, suspend payment.

~Fail~, _v. a._ Disappoint, be wanting to, not be sufficient for, not answer the expectation of.

~Fail~, _n._ [Used only in the expression _without fail_.] Omission, neglect, failure, delinquency.

~Failing~, _n._ ~1.~ Decline, decay.

~2.~ Miscarriage, failure.

~3.~ Fault, foible, frailty, lapse, error, slip, shortcoming, imperfection, deficiency, defect, weakness, infirmity, weak side, blind side.

~Failure~, _n._ ~1.~ Deficiency, defectiveness, shortcoming.

~2.~ Omission, neglect, FAIL, non-performance, non-observance.

~3.~ Miscarriage, botch, ill success, flash in the pan, labor for one's pains, losing game, wild-goose chase, sleeveless errand.

~4.~ Insolvency, bankruptcy, suspension of payment.

~5.~ Decay, decline, declension, loss.

~Fain~, _a._ Glad, pleased, rejoiced, well-pleased.

~Fain~, _ad._ Gladly, joyful, with pleasure, with joy.

~Faint~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swoon, faint away.

~2.~ Languish, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strength.

~3.~ Be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down-hearted, sink into dejection.

~Faint~, _a._ ~1.~ Swooning, fainting away.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, drooping, exhausted, languid.

~3.~ Small, little, slight, inconsiderable.

~4.~ Dim, dull, not bright, not vivid.

~5.~ Fearful, timid, timorous, cowardly, dastardly, faint-hearted.

~6.~ Dejected, depressed, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged.

~Faint away~, Swoon, faint.

~Faint-hearted~, _a._ Timid, timorous, fearful, cowardly, dastardly, faint.

~Fair~, _a._ ~1.~ Spotless, unspotted, untarnished, unblemished, unstained.

~2.~ White, light, blonde.

~3.~ Handsome, comely, beautiful.

~4.~ Pleasant, clear, cloudless, not cloudy, not overcast.

~5.~ Favorable, prosperous.

~6.~ Promising, hopeful.

~7.~ Open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, unincumbered.

~8.~ Frank, honest, candid, ingenuous, equitable, just, honorable, upright, impartial, unbiassed.

~9.~ Reasonable, proper.

~10.~ Pretty good, more than middling, above mediocrity.

~Fair play~, Justice, equity, fairness, equitable treatment.

~Fair-spoken~, _a._ Civil, courteous, oily, bland, smooth, plausible.

~Fairy~, _n._ Fay, elf, pigwidgeon.

~Faith~, _n._ ~1.~ Belief (_that prompts to action_), credence, credit, trust, assurance, confidence, dependence, reliance.

~2.~ Creed, persuasion, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, religion, system of religion.

~3.~ Fidelity, faithfulness, truthfulness, truth, constancy, loyalty.

~4.~ Engagement, promise, word of honor.

~Faith~, _interj._ [_Colloquial._] Verily, in truth, by my faith, upon my word.

~Faithful~, _a._ ~1.~ Trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal.

~2.~ Truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be relied on, to be depended upon.

~3.~ Exact, strict, conscientious, accurate, close, nice.

~Faithless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unbelieving.

~2.~ Perfidious, treacherous, false, untruthful, truthless.

~Faithlessness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unbelief.

~2.~ Perfidy, treachery.

~Falcate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Hooked, sickle-shaped.

~Falcated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Hooked, sickle-shaped.

~Falchion~, _n._ Cimeter.

~Falcon~, _n._ Hawk.

~Fall~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Drop, descend, sink, drop down.

~2.~ Be prostrated, fall down.

~3.~ Sink, be lowered, be depressed.

~4.~ Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away.

~5.~ Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do amiss, go astray.

~6.~ Die, perish, come to destruction.

~7.~ Empty, disembogue, flow, be discharged.

~8.~ Happen, befall, come.

~9.~ Become (_sick_, _asleep_, _in love_, _&c._).

~10.~ Pass, be transferred.

~11.~ Be dropped, be uttered carelessly.

~Fall~, _n._ ~1.~ Descent, dropping.

~2.~ Tumble, falling.

~3.~ Cataract, cascade, waterfall.

~4.~ Extent of descent.

~5.~ Destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, downfall.

~6.~ Degradation, loss of eminence.

~7.~ Apostasy, loss of innocence.

~8.~ Diminution, decrease, decline.

~9.~ Sinking (_of the voice_), cadence, close.

~10.~ Discharge (_of a river_), disemboguement.

~11.~ Autumn, fall of the leaf.

~12.~ Declivity, slope, inclination.

~Fallacious~, _a._ Deceptive, delusive, deceiving, illusive, illusory, misleading, disappointing, false.

~Fallacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake, error, misconception, misapprehension.

~2.~ Sophism, sophistry, deceitful argument.

~Fall among~, Come among, happen to be among, happen to be in the company of.

~Fall away, 1.~ Pine, grow lean, be emaciated, lose flesh.

~2.~ Backslide, apostatize, fall off.

~Fall back~, Recede, retreat, give way.

~Fallibility~, _n._ Frailty, imperfection, uncertainty, liability to error.

~Fallible~, _a._ Frail, imperfect, weak, ignorant, uncertain, erring, liable to error or mistake.

~Fall in, 1.~ (_Mil._) Come into line, form into ranks.

~2.~ Concur, consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, go with the stream, go with the current.

~Fall in with, 1.~ Meet, encounter.

~2.~ Comply with, assent to, come into.

~Fall off, 1.~ Drop, be detached, drop off.

~2.~ Withdraw, separate.

~3.~ Decline, wane, dwindle, decay.

~4.~ Perish, die.

~5.~ Backslide, apostatize, fall away.

~6.~ (_Naut._) Go to leeward.

~Fall on, 1.~ Drop on, descend upon.

~2.~ Attack, assault, assail, rush upon, fall upon.

~Fall out, 1.~ QUARREL, wrangle.

~2.~ Happen, befall, chance.

~Fallow~, _a._ ~1.~ Pale red or pale yellow.

~2.~ Untilled, unsowed.

~Fallow~, _n._ Untilled land.

~Fall to loggerheads~, Come to blows, go to loggerheads.

~Fallow-chat~, _n._ FALLOW-FINCH.

~Fallow-finch~, _n._ Œnanthe, wheat ear (_Motacilla œnanthe_).

~Fall short~, Fail, be deficient.

~Fall to~, Begin, set about, apply one's self to.

~Fall under, 1.~ Come under, be subject to, be subjected to.

~2.~ Be classed with, be reckoned with, be included in.

~Fall upon~, FALL ON.

~False~, _a._ ~1.~ Untrue, not true.

~2.~ Dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, unveracious, mendacious, faithless, truthless, untruthful, disingenuous, dishonorable, double- tongued, double-faced, false-hearted.

~3.~ Counterfeit, spurious, forged, not genuine, feigned, hypocritical, clap-trap.

~4.~ Incorrect, improper, erroneous.

~5.~ Fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive, misleading, disappointing.

~False-hearted~, _a._ Perfidious, treacherous, faithless, false.

~Falsehood~, _n._ ~1.~ Falsity, want of truth, inconformity to fact or truth.

~2.~ Untruth, lie, fib, fabrication, fiction, false assertion.

~3.~ Imposture, counterfeit, cheat.

~Falsetto~, _n._ Head voice.

~Falsify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Belie, misrepresent, misstate, garble, represent falsely.

~2.~ Disprove, prove to be false.

~3.~ Violate, break by falsehood.

~Falsify~, _v. n._ Lie, tell lies or falsehoods, violate the truth.

~Falsity~, _n._ Falsehood, want of truth, inconformity to fact or truth.

~Falter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hesitate (_in speech_), stammer, stutter.

~2.~ Fail, waver, tremble, totter.

~Fame~, _n._ ~1.~ Rumor, report, bruit, hearsay.

~2.~ Reputation, celebrity, glory, renown, honor, credit, ~NOTORIETY~.

~Familiar~, _a._ ~1.~ Conversant, well acquainted, well versed.

~2.~ Intimate, close, near, friendly, amicable, fraternal, cordial, on a friendly footing, on friendly terms.

~3.~ Unceremonious, social, accessible, unconstrained, free, easy, affable, courteous, civil, polite, free and easy.

~4.~ Well known.

~Familiarity~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquaintance, familiar knowledge.

~2.~ Intimacy, fellowship, friendship, friendliness, intercourse, good understanding.

~Familiarize~, _v. a._ Accustom, habituate, inure, use, train.

~Family~, _n._ ~1.~ Household.

~2.~ Lineage, race, tribe, clan, kindred, house, line of ancestors.

~3.~ Order, group of genera.

~Famine~, _n._ Dearth, scarcity of food.

~Famish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Starve, kill with hunger.

~2.~ Distress with hunger, exhaust by hunger.

~Famish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Starve, die of hunger, perish for want of food.

~2.~ Be distressed by hunger.

~Famous~, _a._ ~1.~ Celebrated, renowned, distinguished, illustrious, eminent, remarkable, famed, far-famed.

~2.~ Noted, notorious, signal, conspicuous.

~Fanatic~, _n._ Enthusiast (_especially on religious subjects_), visionary, zealot.

~Fanatic~, _a._ Enthusiastic, visionary, wild, mad.

~Fanatical~, Enthusiastic, visionary, wild, mad.

~Fanaticism~, _n._ Religious frenzy, irrational enthusiasm.

~Fanciful~, _a._ ~1.~ Visionary, imaginative, whimsical, CAPRICIOUS.

~2.~ Chimerical, imaginary, ideal, fantastical, wild.

~Fan-cricket~, _n._ Fen-cricket, churr-worm, mole cricket (_Gryllotalpa vulgaris_).

~Fancy~, _n._ ~1.~ IMAGINATION (_as exercised in sportive or whimsical moods_).

~2.~ Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension.

~3.~ Liking, fondness, inclination, PENCHANT, taste.

~4.~ Caprice, humor, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, whimsey, maggot, fantasy, odd fancy.

~Fancy~, _v. n._ Imagine, think, suppose, believe, take it into one's head.

~Fancy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure to one's self.

~2.~ Like, be pleased with, have a fancy for.

~Fancy~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginative, of the fancy.

~2.~ Ornamental (_rather than useful_), elegant, fine, nice.

~Fane~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Temple, church.

~Fanfare~, _n._ [Fr.] Flourish of trumpets.

~Fanfaronade~, _n._ Bluster, swaggering, boasting, bragging, bullying, BLATHERSKITE.

~Fang~, _n._ ~1.~ Tusk, pointed tooth.

~2.~ Claw, talon, nail.

~Fantasia~, _n._ (_Mus._) Fantastical air.

~Fantastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginary, fanciful, ideal, chimerical, visionary, not real.

~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, BIZARRE, strange, wild.

~Fantastical~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginary, fanciful, ideal, chimerical, visionary, not real.

~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, BIZARRE, strange, wild.

~Fantasy~, _n._ Caprice, whim, whimsey, FANCY.

~Far~, _a._ Remote, distant, not near.

~Far~, _ad._ ~1.~ To a great distance.

~2.~ Almost, well-nigh, in great part.

~3.~ Very much, in a great degree.

~Far and near~, Everywhere, far and wide, from Dan to Beersheba, from Maine to Georgia, from China to Peru, from pole to pole, from one end of the earth to the other.

~Far other~, Very different.

~Farce~, _n._ ~1.~ Burlesque, caricature, travesty, parody, after- piece, low comedy, ludicrous representation.

~2.~ Mere show, ridiculous pageantry, empty parade.

~Farcical~, _a._ Droll, ludicrous, ridiculous.

~Fare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Go, pass, travel, journey.

~2.~ Be situated (_with respect to what may befall one_), be treated.

~3.~ Feed, be entertained.

~Fare~, _n._ ~1.~ Charge (_for conveyance of a person_), passage money, price of a ticket.

~2.~ FOOD, provisions, victuals, commons.

~3.~ Quantity of fish caught.

~Farewell~, _ad._ or _interj._ Adieu, good-by.

~Farewell~, _n._ ~1.~ Adieu, valediction, leave-taking.

~2.~ Leave.

~Far-famed~, _a._ Illustrious, celebrated, renowned, eminent, distinguished, famous, famed.

~Far-fetched~, _a._ Recondite, abstruse, forced, strained, catachrestic, studiously sought.

~Farina~, _n._ ~1.~ Flour or meal (_of grain or starchy roots_).

~2.~ (_Chem._) Starch, fecula.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Pollen.

~Farinaceous~, _a._ ~1.~ Yielding farina or flour.

~2.~ Mealy.

~Farm~, _n._ Landed estate.

~Farm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Let out (_land, revenues, &c._).

~2.~ Take on lease (_land, revenues, &c._).

~3.~ Cultivate (_land_).

~Farm~, _v. n._ Till the soil, carry on a farm, do farmer's work.

~Farmer~, _n._ ~1.~ Agriculturist, husbandman, cultivator of the soil.

~2.~ Collector, tax-gatherer; lessee of taxes, custom, &c.

~Farming~, _n._ Agriculture, husbandry.

~Farrago~, _n._ Medley, mixture, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, salmagundi, olio, gallimaufry, olla-podrida.

~Farrier~, _n._ ~1.~ Shoer of horses.

~2.~ Horse-doctor, horse-leech, veterinary surgeon.

~Farriery~, _n._ ~1.~ Art or business of shoeing horses.

~2.~ Veterinary art.

~Farrow~, _n._ Litter of pigs.

~Far-sighted~, _a._ Long-sighted.

~Farther~, _ad._ ~1.~ Beyond, FURTHER, more remotely, to or at a greater distance.

~2.~ Moreover, besides, furthermore.

~Farther~, _a._ ~1.~ Further, more remote, at a greater distance.

~2.~ Additional.

~Farthest~, _ad._ Furthest, to or at the greatest distance.

~Farthest~, _a._ Furthest, remotest, most remote.

~Farthing~, _n._ Fourth part of a penny.

~Farthingale~, _n._ Crinoline, hoop, hoop-skirt.

~Fascinate~, _v. a._ Charm, enchant, bewitch, enrapture, entrance, captivate, catch, delight, enamour.

~Fascination~, _n._ Enchantment, spell, charm, witchery, witchcraft, magic, sorcery.

~Fash~, _v. a._ Vex, tease, plague, harass, torment, perplex, trouble, worry.

~Fash~, _n._ Trouble, care, anxiety, vexation.

~Fashion~, _n._ ~1.~ Form, figure, shape, make, cut, cast, stamp, mould, pattern, model, appearance, conformation, configuration.

~2.~ Way, manner, method, sort.

~3.~ Custom (_particularly as respects dress_), mode, style, usage, conventionality, conventionalism, general practice.

~4.~ Gentility, genteel life.

~Fashion~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Form, shape, mould, carve, make, give figure to.

~2.~ Adapt, accommodate, fit, suit, adjust.

~Fashionable~, _a._ ~1.~ Genteel, STYLISH, modish, in fashion, in vogue, À LA MODE, the rage, having a run.

~2.~ Customary, usual, prevailing, current.

~Fast~, _v. n._ Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry.

~Fast~, _n._ ~1.~ Fasting, abstinence from food.

~2.~ Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day.

~3.~ Time of fasting.

~4.~ Rope (_to fasten a vessel to a wharf_).

~Fast~, _a._ ~1.~ Fastened, fixed, close, tight.

~2.~ Immovable, firm.

~3.~ Constant, steadfast, stanch.

~4.~ Fortified, strong, impregnable.

~5.~ Sound, deep, profound.

~6.~ Swift, quick, fleet, rapid.

~7.~ Dissipated, wild, giddy, reckless, thoughtless, thriftless, extravagant.

~Fast~, _ad._ ~1.~ Firmly, tightly, immovably.

~2.~ Swiftly, quickly, rapidly.

~3.~ Extravagantly, prodigally, recklessly, wildly.

~Fast and loose~, Variable, inconstant, fickle, uncertain.

~Fast day~, _n._ Fast, day of fasting, banyan day.

~Fasten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Secure, bind, BELAY, bend, tie, attach, make fast.

~2.~ Join, unite, hold together.

~Fasten~, _v. n._ Be fixed, fix one's self.

~Fastidious~, _a._ Squeamish, difficult, queasy, critical, dainty, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.

~Fasting~, _n._ Fast, abstinence from food.

~Fastness~, _n._ Fort, fortress, stronghold, fortified place.

~Fat~, _a._ ~1.~ Oleaginous, unctuous, adipose, oily, greasy, fatty.

~2.~ Plump, fleshy, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy, not lean, not slender.

~3.~ Coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid, fat-witted.

~4.~ Rich, profitable, lucrative.

~5.~ Fertile, fruitful, productive, not barren.

~Fatal~, _a._ ~1.~ Deadly, mortal, LETHAL.

~2.~ Calamitous, destructive, ruinous, mischievous.

~Fatality~, _n._ ~1.~ Destiny, fate, inevitable necessity.

~2.~ Mortality.

~Fate~, _n._ ~1.~ Destiny, destination, fatality, inevitable necessity.

~2.~ Doom, lot, predetermined event.

~3.~ Death, destruction.

~4.~ Final event, ultimate fortune.

~Fated~, _a._ Doomed, destined, appointed.

~Fates~, _n. pl._ (_Myth._) Destinies, Parcæ, sister goddesses (_Clotho_, _Lachesis_, _Atropos_).

~Father~, _n._ ~1.~ Male parent.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.

~3.~ Creator, maker, originator, author, inventor.

~Father~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adopt.

~2.~ Assume the authorship of.

~Fatherhood~, _n._ Fathership, paternity.

~Fathership~, _n._ Fatherhood.

~Father-land~, _n._ Mother country, native country, land of one's ancestors.

~Father-long-legs~, _n._ ~1.~ Crane-fly, daddy-long-legs.

~2.~ Shepherd spider, harvest-man.

~Fatherly~, _a._ Paternal, tender, kind.

~Fathership~, _n._ Paternity, fatherhood.

~Father upon~, Ascribe to, attribute to, impute to, lay to, charge on.

~Fathom~, _n._ Six feet, two yards.

~Fathom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sound, try the depth of, measure by a sounding- line.

~2.~ Divine, penetrate, reach, understand, comprehend.

~Fathomless~, _a._ Bottomless, abysmal, profound.

~Fatigue~, _n._ ~1.~ Weariness, lassitude, exhaustion.

~2.~ Labor, toil, hardship.

~3.~ (_Mil._) Extra duty (_distinct from that of arms_).

~Fatigue~, _v. a._ Tire, weary, exhaust, jade.

~Fatten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make fat.

~2.~ Fertilize, make fertile.

~Fatten~, _v. n._ Grow fat.

~Fatty~, _n._ Unctuous, oleaginous, oily, fat, adipose, greasy.

~Fatuity~, _n._ Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy, feebleness of intellect, want of understanding.

~Fatuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic.

~2.~ Illusory, deceptive.

~Fat-witted~, _a._ Stupid, dull, heavy, fat.

~Faubourg~, _n._ [Fr.] Suburb, environs.

~Fauces~, _n. pl._ [L.] Posterior part of the mouth.

~Fault~, _n._ ~1.~ Defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection, failing.

~2.~ Misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, trespass, wrong, delinquency, transgression.

~3.~ Mistake (_of judgment_), error, indiscretion, slip, lapse.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Default, lack, want.

~5.~ [_Geol._] Dislocation, disturbance of strata.

~Fault-finder~, _n._ Censurer, objector, complainer, murmurer, repiner.

~Faultless~, _a._ ~1.~ Perfect, without blemish, without fault.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, blameless, stainless, sinless.

~Faulty~, _a._ ~1.~ Bad, defective, imperfect.

~2.~ Blamable, culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, worthy of censure.

~Faun~, _n._ Sylvan, woodland Deity.

~Fauna~, _n._ Animals (_peculiar to a country or to an epoch_).

~Faunist~, _n._ Naturalist.

~Faux pas~, [Fr.] Mistake, indiscretion, false step, wrong measure, act of indiscretion.

~Faveolate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Alveolate, cellular, favose.

~Favillous~, _a._ Ashy, cinereous, cineritious, like ashes.

~Favor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Countenance, befriend, encourage, patronize.

~2.~ Support, aid, help, assist.

~3.~ Humor, indulge, spare.

~Favor~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindness, friendliness, countenance, grace, kind regard, good will, propitious aspect.

~2.~ Benefit, act of grace, good deed, kind act.

~3.~ Patronage, championship, support, befriending, defence, vindication.

~4.~ Letter, epistle, communication.

~5.~ Gift, present, token of good will.

~6.~ (_Law._) Bias, partiality, prejudice.

~Favorable~, _a._ ~1.~ Propitious, friendly, kind, auspicious, willing.

~2.~ Conducive, contributing.

~3.~ Advantageous, beneficial, convenient, suitable, adapted, fit.

~Favorite~, _a._ ~1.~ Dear, darling, beloved.

~2.~ Preferred, pet, especially liked.

~Favoritism~, _n._ Partiality.

~Favose~, _a._ (_Bot._) Alveolate, cellular, faveolate.

~Fawn~, _n._ Young deer.

~Fawn~, _v. n._ Crouch, cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, creep, dangle, fall on one's knees, curry favor, play the sycophant.

~Fawn upon~, ~1.~ Cringe to, crouch to, truckle to.

~2.~ Flatter, wheedle, cajole, pay court to.

~Fawning~, _n._ Sycophancy, servility, cringing, mean flattery.

~Fay~, _n._ Fairy, elf.

~Fay~, _v. a._ Fit, suit, join closely.

~Fay~, _v. n._ Fit, lie close, make a good joint.

~Fealty~, _n._ Fidelity, loyalty, allegiance, homage, obeisance.

~Fear~, _n._ ~1.~ Alarm, trepidation, dread, apprehension, fright, affright, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic.

~2.~ Anxiety, solicitude, concern.

~3.~ Veneration, reverence, awe, reverential regard.

~Fear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dread, apprehend, be afraid of.

~2.~ Reverence, venerate, stand in awe of, have a reverential regard for.

~Fear~, _v. n._ Be afraid, have apprehensions, live in terror, stand aghast.

~Fearful~, _a._ ~1.~ Afraid, apprehensive, haunted with fear.

~2.~ Timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, pusillanimous, cowardly, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white feather, easily frightened.

~3.~ Terrible, dreadful, frightful, dire, direful.

~4.~ Awful, to be reverenced.

~Fearless~, _a._ Undaunted, dauntless, unterrified, courageous, bold, intrepid, brave, valorous, valiant, gallant.

~Feasibility~, _n._ Practicability, feasibleness.

~Feasible~, _a._ Practicable.

~Feasibleness~, _n._ Practicability, feasibility.

~Feast~, _n._ ~1.~ Banquet, treat, entertainment, REGALE, carousal, sumptuous repast.

~2.~ Festival, holiday, day of feasting, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing.

~3.~ Enjoyment, delight.

~Feast~, _v. n._ Eat (_plentifully_), be entertained, fare sumptuously.

~Feast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entertain sumptuously, feed luxuriously.

~2.~ Delight, gratify, rejoice, gladden, please highly.

~Feat~, _n._ ~1.~ Act, deed, exploit, achievement.

~2.~ Trick, act of dexterity.

~Feather~, _n._ ~1.~ Plume.

~2.~ Kind, nature, species.

~Feather-boarding~, _n._ Weather-boarding.

~Feathers~, _n. pl._ Plumage.

~Feather in the cap~, Honor, mark of distinction.

~Feather one's nest~, Get rich (_from what passes through one's hands_), provide for one's self.

~Featly~, _a._ Nimbly, dexterously, adroitly.

~Feature~, _n._ ~1.~ Lineament.

~2.~ Cast of the face, turn of expression.

~3.~ Fashion, make, conformation, aspect, appearance.