Words starting with F that are validated

• fibrocystic disease of the breast — Noun – English ～ the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
• fibrocystic disease of the pancreas — Noun – English ～ the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
• fenestra of the cochlea — Noun – English ～ fenestra leading into the cochlea
• Ferdinand the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
• Ferdinand the Catholic — Noun – English ～ 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)
• Frankfurt on the Main — Noun – English ～ a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
• fraud in the inducement — Noun – English ～ fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute an instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
• Frederick the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
• freedom of the press — Noun – English ～ a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
• fraud in the factum — Noun – English ～ fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
• freedom of the seas — Noun – English ～ the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters
• 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
• family Thelypteridaceae — Noun – English ～ genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others
• Flavius Theodosius — Noun – English ～ 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)

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