fosterling
— Noun
– English
~ a child who is raised by foster parents
Fothergilla
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States
fothergilla
— Noun
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~ any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
fots
— Noun
– English
~ a communication system using fiber optic cables
Foucault
— Noun
– English
~ French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
foul
— Verb
– English
~ commit a foul; break the rules
foul
— Verb
– English
~ make unclean; "foul the water"
foul
— Verb
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~ become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
foul
— Verb
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~ make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
foul
— Verb
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~ spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
foul
— Adjective
– English
~ disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"