Vocabulary : Fagotto to Failed
Fagotto : The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
Faham : The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Fahlband : A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. ;; Same as Tetrahedrite.
Fahlerz : Alt. of Fahlband
Fahlunite : A hydration of iolite.
Fahrenheit : Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. ;; The Fahrenheit termometer or scale.
Faience : Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
Fail : To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. ;; To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. ;; To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. ;; To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. ;; To perish; to die; -- used of a person. ;; To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation. ;; To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. ;; To err in judgment; to be mistaken. ;; To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent. ;; To be wanting to ; t
Failance : Fault; failure; omission.
Failed : of Fail
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