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fantasy |
Verb
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indulge in fantasies |
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foveal vision |
Noun
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vision with the fovea |
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feeblemindedness |
Noun
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severe mental deficiency |
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fundamental frequency |
Noun
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the lowest tone of a harmonic series |
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first harmonic |
Noun
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the lowest tone of a harmonic series |
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forbidden fruit |
Noun
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originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden |
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fog |
Noun
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confusion characterized by lack of clarity |
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fog |
Noun
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droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground |
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fog |
Noun
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an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance |
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fog |
Verb
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make less visible or unclear |
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face recognition |
Noun
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the visual perception of familiar faces |
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face recognition |
Noun
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biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces |
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feeling of movement |
Noun
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the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc |
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facer |
Noun
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(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced |
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fetor |
Noun
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a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
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foetor |
Noun
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a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
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flavor |
Noun
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the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth |
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flavor |
Noun
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(physics) the six kinds of quarks |
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flavor |
Noun
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people |
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flavor |
Verb
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lend flavor to |
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focussing |
Noun
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the concentration of attention or energy on something |
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flavour |
Noun
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the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth |
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flavour |
Noun
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in physics, the six types of either quarks or leptons |
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flavour |
Noun
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people |
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flavour |
Verb
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lend flavor to |
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focal point |
Noun
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the concentration of attention or energy on something |
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focal point |
Noun
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a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges |
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focal point |
Noun
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a central point or locus of an infection in an organism |
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file system |
Noun
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a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically) |
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filing system |
Noun
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a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically) |
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familiarization |
Noun
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the experience of becoming familiar with something |
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familiarisation |
Noun
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the experience of becoming familiar with something |
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fad |
Noun
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an interest followed with exaggerated zeal |
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flower power |
Noun
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a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s |
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fecal occult test |
Noun
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a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood |
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faecal occult test |
Noun
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a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood |
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farsightedness |
Noun
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seeing ahead |
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farsightedness |
Noun
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abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects |
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farsightedness |
Noun
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a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 |
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free association |
Noun
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a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
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factorization |
Noun
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(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
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factorisation |
Noun
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(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
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factoring |
Noun
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(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
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food for thought |
Noun
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anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking |
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field test |
Noun
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a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used |
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fishing expedition |
Noun
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an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information |
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foretelling |
Noun
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the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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foretelling |
Noun
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a statement made about the future |
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fortune telling |
Noun
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the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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figuring |
Noun
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problem solving that involves numbers or quantities |