free of charge
— Adverb
– English
～ without payment; "I'll give you this gratis"
first of all
— Adverb
– English
～ before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Fast of Ab
— Noun
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～ (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
Feast of Dedication
— Noun
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～ (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Fast of Gedaliah
— Noun
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～ (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah
Feast of Lights
— Noun
– English
～ (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Fast of Esther
— Noun
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～ (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim
Fast of Av
— Noun
– English
～ (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
Feast of Booths
— Noun
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～ a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
Federation of Malaysia
— Noun
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～ a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
Feast of Dormition
— Noun
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～ celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
Federal Bureau of Investigation
— Noun
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～ a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
facts of life
— Noun
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～ the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
fair-maids-of-France
— Noun
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～ rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Fall of Man
— Noun
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～ (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death
fulminate of mercury
— Noun
– English
～ a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Festival of Lights
— Noun
– English
～ (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Ferdinand of Aragon
— Noun
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～ the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
fibrous dysplasia of bone
— Noun
– English
～ a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions