a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
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Fe

atomic number 26

iron

a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
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Feast of Booths

Feast of Tabernacles

Succos

Succoth

Sukkoth

Tabernacles

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
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Channukah

Channukkah

Chanukah

Chanukkah

Feast of Dedication

Feast of Lights

Feast of the Dedication

Festival of Lights

Hannukah

Hanukah

Hanukkah

celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
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Dormition

Feast of Dormition

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
<noun.time>

Channukah

Channukkah

Chanukah

Chanukkah

Feast of Dedication

Feast of Lights

Feast of the Dedication

Festival of Lights

Hannukah

Hanukah

Hanukkah

the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
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Feast of Sacrifice

Id al-Adha

a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
<noun.time>

Feast of Booths

Feast of Tabernacles

Succos

Succoth

Sukkoth

Tabernacles

(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
<noun.time>

Feast of Weeks

Pentecost

Shabuoth

Shavous

Shavuot

Shavuoth

(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
<noun.time>

Circumcision

Feast of the Circumcision

January 1

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
<noun.time>

Channukah

Channukkah

Chanukah

Chanukkah

Feast of Dedication

Feast of Lights

Feast of the Dedication

Festival of Lights

Hannukah

Hanukah

Hanukkah

(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
<noun.time>

Feast of the Unleavened Bread

Passover

Pesach

Pesah

the month following January and preceding March
<noun.time>

Feb

February

feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
<noun.time>

Candlemas

Candlemas Day

Feb 2

the month following January and preceding March
<noun.time>

Feb

February

the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
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February 12

Lincoln's Birthday

a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
<noun.time>

February 14

Saint Valentine's Day

St Valentine's Day

Valentine Day

Valentine's Day

if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
<noun.time>

February 2

Groundhog Day

the day on which George Washington is remembered
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February 22

Washington's Birthday

the name of the day that is added during a leap year
<noun.time>

February 29

bissextile day

leap day

the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
<noun.act>

February Revolution

Russian Revolution

small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
<noun.plant>

Daphne mezereum

February daphne

mezereon

German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)
<noun.person>

Fechner

Gustav Theodor Fechner

(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber
<noun.cognition>

Fechner's law

Weber-Fechner law

the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
<noun.group>

FRS

Fed

Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve System

sample sentences

"the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply"

any federal law-enforcement officer
<noun.person>

Fed

Federal

federal official

a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents
<noun.group>

Fedayeen Saddam

Saddam's Martyrs

being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
<adj.all>

Federal

Union

sample sentences

"Union soldiers"
"Federal forces"
"a Federal infantryman"

any federal law-enforcement officer
<noun.person>

Fed

Federal

federal official

a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
<noun.person>

Federal

Federal soldier

Union soldier

an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
<noun.group>

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
<noun.group>

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
<noun.group>

BoP

Federal Bureau of Prisons