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1: an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses

1: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" [syn: {fair}, {reasonable}] 2: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"; [syn: {fair}]

1: a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing

1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {withi...

1: conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim" [syn: {equity}] [ant: {unfairness}, {unfairness}] 2: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishon...

1: a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views

1: the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short 2: the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or costal waters 3: a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement

1: Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control [syn: {crested wheatgrass}, {crested wheat grass}, {Agropyron cristatum}]

1: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {faery}, {faerie}, {sprite}] 2: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot}, {faggot}, {fag}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {q...

1: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: {pichiciago}, {pichiciego}, {chlamyphore}, {Chlamyphorus truncatus}]

1: tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock [syn: {common foxglove}, {fing...

1: fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies [syn: {bluebird}]

1: a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium [syn: {fairy ring}]

1: a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp [syn: {blood cup}, {Peziza coccinea}] 2: miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that te...

1: a generous benefactor 2: a female character is some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine

1: any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers [syn: {globe lily}]

1: a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)

1: a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium [syn: {fairy circle}]

1: small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back

1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy tale}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy tale}, {cock-and-bul...

1: fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet

1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy story}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairytale}, {fairy story}, {cock-and-b...

1: mushroom that grows in a fairy ring [syn: {Marasmius oreades}]

1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {calypso}, {Calypso bulbosa}]

1: something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) [syn: {fantasy world}, {phantasy world}] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: {faerie}, {faery}]

1: a story about fairies; told to amuse children [syn: {fairy tale}, {fairy story}] 2: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse [syn: {fairy tale}, {fairy story}, {cock-and...

1: king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) [syn: {Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud}]

1: king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975) [syn: {Faisal}]

1: city in northeast Pakistan [syn: {Lyallpur}]

1: an irreversible accomplishment [syn: {accomplished fact}]

1: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" [syn: {religion}, {religious belief}] 2: complete confidence in a person or pl...

1: care provided through prayer and faith in God [syn: {faith healing}]

1: care provided through prayer and faith in God [syn: {faith cure}]

1: steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" [ant: {unfaithful}] 2: marked b...

1: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio" [syn: {dependably}, {reliably}] [ant: {unfaithfully}, {unfaithfully}, {unfaithfully}]

1: the quality of being faithful [syn: {fidelity}] [ant: {infidelity}, {infidelity}]

1: deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: {traitorous}, {unfaithful}]

1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn: {traitorously}, {treacherously}, {treasonably}, {false}]

1: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: {falseness}, {fickleness}, {inconstancy}]

1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus}, {phony}, {phoney}, {bastard}] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthet...

1: a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly

1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man [syn: {fakir}, {faqir}, {faquir}]

1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor}, {pretender}, {fake}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo}, {pseud}, {role player}]

1: the act of faking (or the product of faking)

1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man [syn: {fakeer}, {faqir}, {faquir}]

1: meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song [syn: {fa la}]

1: small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds [syn: {felafel}]

1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: {falciform}, {sickle-shaped}]

1: sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia [syn: {genus Falca...

1: small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia [syn: {common sickle pine}]

1: a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew [syn: {yellow-leaf sickle pine}]

1: a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point

1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: {falcate}, {sickle-shaped}]

1: a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall

1: a genus of Falconidae [syn: {genus Falco}]

1: small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: {pigeon hawk}, {merlin}]

1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: {peregrine}, {peregrine falcon}]

1: large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases [syn: {gyrfalcon}, {gerfalcon}]

1: small North American falcon [syn: {sparrow hawk}, {American kestrel}, {kestrel}]

1: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [syn: {hobby}]