Followers of the Prophet
— Noun
– English
~ a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks
fire-on-the-mountain
— Noun
– English
~ poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
friend of the court
— Noun
– English
~ an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
fly in the ointment
— Noun
– English
~ an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something
flash in the pan
— Noun
– English
~ someone who enjoys transient success but then fails
family Theaceae
— Noun
– English
~ a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
family Thelephoraceae
— Noun
– English
~ fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
Flavius Theodosius
— Noun
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~ the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395)
family Theophrastaceae
— Noun
– English
~ family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
field theory
— Noun
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~ (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields
first law of thermodynamics
— Noun
– English
~ the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
Fahrenheit thermometer
— Noun
– English
~ a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
free-thinking
— Adjective
– English
~ unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
family Thiobacteriaceae
— Noun
– English
~ free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds
forty-third
— Adjective
– English
~ the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
field thistle
— Noun
– English
~ stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads