a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite

the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates

the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet

a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission

the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)

United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)

a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies

the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization

meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong

an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation

extremely pleasing

a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)

a member of the Fabian Society in Britain

of or relating to Fabianism

using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation

an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism

genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs

Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic

socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law

a deliberately false or improbable account

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

celebrated in fable or legend

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

the underlying structure

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

make up something artificial or untrue

formed or conceived by the imagination

a deliberately false or improbable account

writing in a fictional form

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

someone who tells lies

a person who tells or invents fables

extremely pleasing

based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

barely credible

exceedingly; extremely

the face or front of a building

a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

the feelings expressed on a person's face

the general outward appearance of something