Falco tinnunculus
1: small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind [syn: {kestrel}]
falcon
1: diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight v : hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert"
falcon-gentil
1: female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon [syn: {falcon-gentle}]
falcon-gentle
1: female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon [syn: {falcon-gentil}]
falconer
1: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: {hawker}]
Falconidae
1: a family of birds of the order Falconiformes [syn: {family Falconidae}]
Falconiformes
1: chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures [syn: {order Falconiformes}]
falconine
1: relating to or resembling a falcon
falconry
1: the art of training falcons to hunt and return
falderal
1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: {folderol}, {frills}, {gimcrackery}, {gimcracks}, {nonsense}, {trumpery}]
Falkland Islands
1: a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony
Falkner
1: United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962) [syn: {Faulkner}, {William Faulkner}, {William Cuthbert Faulkner}, {William Falkner}]
fall
1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: {autumn}] 2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: {spill}, {tumble}] 3: the la...
fall all over
1: display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards; "This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him"
fall apart
1: lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" [syn: {go to pieces}] 2: go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair final...
fall armyworm
1: larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains [syn: {Spodoptera frugiperda}]
fall asleep
1: change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures" [syn: {dope off}, {flake out}, {drift off}, {nod off}, {drop off}, {doze off}, {drowse off}] [ant: {wake up}]
fall away
1: get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: {slip}, {drop off}, {drop away}] 2: diminish in size or intensity [syn: {fall off}]
fall back
1: fall backwards and down 2: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall behind}] 3: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" [syn: {reced...
fall behind
1: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {recede}] [ant: {gain}] 2: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall back}]
fall board
1: the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played [syn: {fall-board}]
fall by the wayside
1: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop out}, {give up}, {drop by the wayside}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {qui...
fall cankerworm
1: green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
fall dandelion
1: fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States [syn: {arnica bud}, {Leontodon autumnalis}]
fall down
1: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" [syn: {fall}]
fall equinox
1: September 22 [syn: {autumnal equinox}, {September equinox}] [ant: {vernal equinox}]
fall flat
1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall through}, {founder}, {flop}]
fall for
1: fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil" 2: be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"
fall from grace
1: revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"
fall guy
1: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: {chump}, {fool}, {gull}, {mark}, {patsy}, {sucker}, {soft touch}, {mug}]
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fall in
1: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ic...
fall in love
1: begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student"
fall into
1: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" [syn: {fall under}]
fall into place
1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: {click}, {get through}, {dawn}, {come home}, {get across}...
Fall of Man
1: (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden and into the worl...
fall off
1: come off; "This button had fallen off" 2: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {sink}] 3: diminish in size or intensity [syn: {fall away}]
fall open
1: open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped" [syn: {drop open}]
fall out
1: have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" 2: come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" [syn:...
fall over
1: fall forward and down; "The old woman went over without a sound" [syn: {go over}]
fall over backwards
1: try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law" [syn: {bend over backwards}]
fall short
1: fail to meet (expectations or standards) [syn: {come short}]
fall short of
1: fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example [ant: {satisfy}]
fall through
1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall flat}, {founder}, {flop}]
fall under
1: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" [syn: {fall into}]
fall upon
1: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: {strike}, {come upon}, {light upon}, {chance up...
fall webworm
1: a variety of webworm [syn: {Hyphantria cunea}]
fall-blooming hydrangea
1: deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters [syn: {Hydrangea paniculata}]
fall-board
1: the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played [syn: {fall board}]
Falla
1: Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) [syn: {Manuel de Falla}]
fallacious
1: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: {unsound}] 2: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and decei...
fallacy
1: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: {false belief}]
fallal
1: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle}, {bauble}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {trinket}]
fallback
1: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: {disengagement}, {pullout}]
fallen arch
1: an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground [syn: {sunken arch}]
faller
1: a person who fells trees [syn: {lumberman}, {lumberjack}, {feller}] 2: a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"
fallibility
1: the likelihood of making errors [ant: {infallibility}]
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