Feast of Booths
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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
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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
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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
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～ a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
facts of life
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～ the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
fair-maids-of-France
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～ rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Fall of Man
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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
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～ a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Festival of Lights
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～ (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Ferdinand of Aragon
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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
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～ 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
feeling of movement
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～ the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
frame of mind
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～ a temporary psychological state
Francis of Assisi
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～ (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
freedom of assembly
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～ the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
form of address
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～ an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"
Fourth Earl of Chesterfield
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～ suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
Fourth Council of Constantinople
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～ the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
Fourth of July
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～ a legal holiday in the United States
form of government
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～ the members of a social organization who are in power