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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of fuel-air explosive (“thermobaric weapon”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Initialism of fuel-air explosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of field applications engineer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of fundamental attribution error.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of fetal alcohol effects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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pron
A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, nonstandard, rare
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fuel-air explosive
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Broader terms: explosive device
Narrower terms: thermobaric bomb, fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb
History
From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.
