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Definitions: F. |
F.Adjective1. (metallurgy); free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
f. | German | Folgend(e) | Language |
F. | Latin | Femininum | Language |
| C.+ f. | French | Coût et frêt | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hi Mrs F. (Mission Hill; writing credit: Aaron Ehasz; Andrew Kreisberg) William F. Buckley! (Big Man on Campus; writing credit: Allan Katz) Dallas. 1963. John F. Kennedy. (Zoolander; writing credit: Drake Sather; Ben Stiller) F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda. (3rd Rock from the Sun; writing credit: Leslie Danon; Austin Reid) -- F. Scott Fitzgerald. (New York: A Documentary Film; writing credit: Ric Burns; James Sanders) | |
Movie/TV Titles | F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) Une entrevue avec Mme F. Roland Beaudry (1968) Day of Drums John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning (1966) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Benjamin F. Sands Served many years with Coast Survey prior to Civil War Besides commanding ships for the Survey, served as chief of topographic party.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | San Francisco, California Survey by Sub-Assistant Augustus F. Rodgers, 1852 Topographic Survey T-352 Rodgers was the brother of naval officer John Rodgers.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Commander George F. Emmons.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | John F. Hayford Head of Division of Geodesy.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Robert F. A. Studds As Chief of Party on ELSIE in Cooper River.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Sitting - Louis Sengteller (l) and unknown Standing - E. F. Dickins (l) and Benjamin A. Colonna (r).Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Standing l to r - Furman, R. J. Christman, Dr. Thompson, Moreford Standing (cont.) R. B. Derickson, Eisler, H. W. Rhodes, Alfred P. Giacomini Sitting l to r - Robert Lee Faris, John F. Pratt, Appleton Officers on PATTERSON.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Survey crew under Assistant John F. Pratt, #1, departing San Francisco for the surveying along the Alaska-Canada 141st Meridian Boundary.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | A cloudy day at Tigvariak - length of beard indicates nearing end of season Andrew F. "Pierre" Menard with beard.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Delores Gunn (l) and Sandra Tucker prepare USDA commodity Turkey Ham and Cheese sandwiches for the school lunch program at F. C. Hammond Jr. High in Alexandria, VA.Credit: USDA. |
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| Author | Quotation |
F. L. Lucan | Might was the measure of right. |
| Great fear is concealed under daring. | |
| Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. | |
F. Saunders | Mammon is the largest slave-holder in the world. |
F. W. Robertson | A holy act strengthens the inward holiness. |
John F. Kerry | The war the soldiers tried to stop. |
Peter F. Drucker | Decision making is the specific executive task. |
| The purpose of a business is to create a customer. | |
Senator John F. Kennedy. | Sometimes party loyalty asks too much. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | But let us begin. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | And here I can admit, that my manners to Miss W., in being unpleasant to Miss F., were highly blameable. |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | The sixteen who are partially right, are AGNES BAILEY, F. K., FIFEE, G. E. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | F. That is it. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He explained that the wires in modern coils were of a compound called platinoid lately discovered by F. W. Martino. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Service, F. J. Hypoglycemia and the postprandial syndrome. (references) | |
Coe, F. L., Parks, J. H., & Asplin, J. R. (1992). The pathogenesis and treatment of kidney stones. (references) | ||
De La Rosette, J. J. M. C. H., D'Ancona, F. C. H., & Debruyne, F. M. J. (1997). Current status of thermotherapy of the prostate. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nicaragua | E. D. AND F. MAN, British agriculture supply and financing firm. (references) |
El Salvador | F. Register the firm's board of directors and administrative personnel at the Commerce Registry. (references) | |
Comoros | The address of the United States embassy in Mauritius is Rogers House, John F. Kennedy Street, Port Louis. (references) | |
Political Economy | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | In October 2000, Prime Minister Sir James F. Mitchell of the New Democratic Party (NDP) resigned, following divisive general strikes during the spring, and Arnhim Eustace, an NDP parliamentarian, replaced him. (references) |
Trade | El Salvador | F. Roulette wheels, gambling tables, and any other item or article used for gambling. (references) |
El Salvador | F. For certain seafood exports, a statement that El Salvador is a certified user of Turtle Excluder Devices. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "F." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.57% of the time. "F." is used about 1,197 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 92.57% | 1,108 | 6,834 |
| Adverb (general) | 7.35% | 88 | 35,154 |
| Noun (common) | 0.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,197 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Argentina | San Miguel AGICI y F. | Denmark | F. Junckers Industrier A.S. |
| Germany | F. Reichelt AG | Portugal | F. Ramada-Acos e Industrias SA |
| USA | P. F. Chang's China Bistro, Incorporated | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "f.": Alan F. Shugart ♦ August F. Mobius ♦ E. F. Codd ♦ F. G. Banting ♦ F. Scott Fitzgerald ♦ Harry F. Klinefelter ♦ I. F. Stone ♦ Samuel F. B. Morse ♦ William F. Cody. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "f."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | f 。. (various references) | |
French | syndrome de F.-Sch. (F.-Sch.syndrome), hypercalcémie chronique avec ostéosclérose (F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
German | Fanconi-Schlesinger-Syndrom (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome), chronische idiopathische Hyperkalziämie (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
Greek | χρόνια ιδιοπαθής υπερασβεστιαιμία (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
Italian | sindrome di FANCONI-SCHLESINGER (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome), ipercalciemia cronica idiopatica (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
Portuguese | síndrome de Fanconi-Schlesinger (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome), hipercalcemia crónica idiopática (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
Russian | feminine женский род (f. 2). (various references) | |
Scottish | triùir (nm. and f. three persons collectively). (various references) | |
Spanish | síndrome de Fanconi-Schlesinger (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome), hipercalemia idiopática crónica (chronic idiopathic hypercalcaemia, F.-Sch.syndrome). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4016 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Expressions 14. Translations: Modern 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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