F, n.
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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
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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
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| atomic number 9 |
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| fluorine |
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F clef, n.
a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
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| bass clef |
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F layer, n.
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
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F region, n.
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
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F. D. Roosevelt, n.
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)
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| FDR |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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| Franklin Roosevelt |
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| President Franklin Roosevelt |
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F. G. Banting, n.
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
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| F. G. Banting |
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| Sir Frederick Grant Banting |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, n.
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
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| Fitzgerald |
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| Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald |
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F.I.S.C., n.
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
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| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court |
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FAA, n.
an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
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| Federal Aviation Administration |
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FAE, n.
a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
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| fuel-air explosive |
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FAO, n.
the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
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| Food and Agriculture Organization |
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| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FAQ, n.
a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
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FAR, n.
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
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| Army for the Liberation of Rwanda |
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| Former Armed Forces |
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| Interahamwe |
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"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
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FARC, n.
a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers
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| Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia |
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| Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
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FAS, n.
a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
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| fetal alcohol syndrome |
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FBI, n.
a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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FBI agent, n.
a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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| G-man |
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| government man |
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FCC, n.
an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
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| Federal Communications Commission |
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FCS, n.
a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
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| Farm Credit System |
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FDA, n.
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
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| Food and Drug Administration |
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FDIC, n.
a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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FDR, n.
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)
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| FDR |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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| Franklin Roosevelt |
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| President Franklin Roosevelt |
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FEMA, n.
an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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FET, n.
a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
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| field-effect transistor |
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FHA, n.
the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
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| Federal Housing Administration |
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FHLMC, n.
a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
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| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
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| Freddie Mac |
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FICA, n.
a tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system
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FIFO, n.
inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
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| first in first out |
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FIG, n.
a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
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| Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya |
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| FIG |
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| Libyan Fighting Group |
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| Libyan Islamic Fighting Group |
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| Libyan Islamic Group |
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FISA, n.
an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
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| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
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