false indigo
— Noun
– English
～ an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
false indigo
— Noun
– English
～ dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
French Indochina
— Noun
– English
～ the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
fashion industry
— Noun
– English
～ makers and sellers of fashionable clothing
film industry
— Noun
– English
～ the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies
fungal infection
— Noun
– English
～ an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
focal infection
— Noun
– English
～ bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere
fuel injection
— Noun
– English
～ mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
final injunction
— Noun
– English
～ injunction issued on completion of a trial
for instance
— Adverb
– English
～ as an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example"
financial institution
— Noun
– English
～ an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
— Noun
– English
～ a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
fire insurance
— Noun
– English
～ insurance against loss due to fire
field intensity
— Noun
– English
～ the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
fundamental interaction
— Noun
– English
～ (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
fall into
— Verb
– English
～ be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric `various'"
foray into
— Verb
– English
～ enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
fixed intonation
— Noun
– English
～ the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
foreign direct investment
— Noun
– English
～ investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)