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	Forecastle Forecastle also spelled fo'c's'le originally meant the upper deck of a sailing ship, forward of the foremast.
	Forefather Forefather are a Heavy metal music band from Surrey, England.
	Forehand The forehand in tennis is a shot made by swinging the racquet across one's body in the direction of where the player wants to place the shot. For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of his body, continues across his body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of his body.
	Forehead In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony part of the head above the eyes. In modern humans it is vertical, ending at the hairline where the head flattens out. Muscles of the forehead include the frontalis, which moves and contracts the forehead's scalp.
	Foreign Policy Foreign Policy is a bimonthly United States magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel. It is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Its topics include global politics, economics, integration and ideas.
	Forelock The forelock is a part of a horse's mane, that grows from the animal's poll and falls between the ears and onto the forehead. Some equines, such as ponies, have a naturally thick forelock, while other breeds have a thinner forelock. The forelock is thought to help keep irritants out of the horse's eyes.
	Foreplay In human sexual behavior, foreplay is a set of intimate psychological and physical acts between two or more people meant to increase sexual arousal. Foreplay takes place before sexual intercourse or another act meant to induce mutual sexual gratification or orgasm. Psychologically, foreplay lowers inhibitions and increases the emotional comfort of the partners.
	Foreshadows Foreshadows is the acoustic brainchild of singer/songwriter Brian Paul Anthony Bozzo. Hailing from Levittown New York, Foreshadows originated as a means of musical instruction, as well as an outlet for Bozzo's teenage angst. Today, Foreshadows has evolved into a well developed, and truly independent project.
	Foreskin The foreskin or prepuce is a retractable double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans penis and protects the urinary meatus when the penis is not erect. Almost all mammals have foreskins, although in these non-human cases the foreskin is usually a sheath into which the whole penis is retracted.
	Forest A forest is an area with a high density of trees . Actually, many definitions of a forest exist sts can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth, at altitudes up to the tree-line, except where natural fire frequency is too high, or where the environment has been impaired by natural processes or by human activities.
	Forest tent caterpillar The forest tent caterpillar is the larva of a North American moth, found throughout the United States and Canada, and most common in the eastern regions. The larvae of this caterpillar do not make tents, rather they weave a silky sheet where they lie together during ecdysis.
	Forestry Forestry is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests. Modern forestry generally concerns itself with assisting forests to provide timber as raw material for wood products; wildlife habitat; natural water quality regulation; recreation; landscape and community protection; employment; aesthetically appealing landscapes; and a 'Carbon dioxide sink
	Forficula auricularia Forficula auricularia, the Common earwig or European earwig, is an omnivorous insect in the family Forficulidae. Native to Europe, it has been introduced to North America in the early twentieth century and is now present throughout much of the continent. This earwig is about one centimetre long, shiny brown, with yellowish wings and legs.
	Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina in the order Dermaptera. Species in this include Forficula auricularia, the European earwig, also known as the Common earwig.
	Forge A basic smithy contains a forge, sometimes called a hearth for heating the metals to a temperature where the metal becomes malleable , or to a temperature where work hardening ceases to accumulate, an anvil , and a slack tub . Tools include to hold the hot metal, and hammers to strike the hot metal.
	Forget-me-not The Forget-me-nots are the genus Myosotis of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, and among them there is inevitably considerable variation. Nevertheless a considerable number of the species fit the same description, of a small rather flat 5-petalled blue flower growing profusely on straggly stems, flowering in spring.
	Forgiveness * Atonement * Catechism of the Catholic Church * Substitutionary atonement
	Fork As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end. The fork is sometimes referred to as the "king of utensils." The table fork used as an eating utensil was a feature primarily of the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks were more prevalent.
	Form of government A form of government is a colloquial term that refers to the set of political institutions by which a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a political community. Note that this definition holds valid even if the government is illegitimate or if it is unsuccessful to exert its power.
	Formal garden A formal garden is a neat and ordered garden laid out in carefully planned geometric and symmetric lines. Lawns and hedges in a formal garden must always be kept neatly clipped. Trees, shrubs, subshrubs and other leaf is carefully arranged, shaped and continually trimmed.
	Formaldehyde The chemical compound formaldehyde , is a gas with a pungent smell. It is the simplest aldehyde. Its chemical formula is H2CO. Formaldehyde was first synthesized by the Russian chemist Aleksandr Butlerov in 1859 but was conclusively identified by August Wilhelm von Hofmann in 1867.
	Formic acid Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. Its formula is carbonhydrogen2oxygen2 or HCOOH. In nature, it is found in the stings and bites of many insects of the order Hymenoptera, including bees and ants. It is also a significant combustion product resulting from alternative fueled vehicles burning methanol when mixed with gasoline.
	Formica rufa Formica rufa, also known as the southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, commonly found throughout southern England in both coniferous and broad leaf broken woodland and parkland. They are the largest native ant species of the British isles, workers can measure from 8-10 mm in length.
	Forsythia Forsythia is both the common name and botanical name of a plant genus belonging to the Oleaceae. It is named after William Forsyth, and comprises six species of deciduous shrubs to 3-6 m tall, mostly native to Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. The leaf are opposite, usually simple but sometimes trifoliate with a basal pair of small leaflets, and range from 4-12 cm long; the margin is serrated.
	Fort George G. Meade Fort George G. Meade, 5 miles northeast of the city of Laurel, Maryland, is an active United States Army installation. The fort is named for General George Meade, a Union Army general in the United States Civil War. Fort Meade was established in 1917 when the U.S.
	Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga is a large 18th century fort built at a strategically important narrows in Lake Champlain where a short traverse gives access to the north end of Lake George in the state of New York, United States. The fort controlled both commonly used trade routes between the English-controlled Hudson River Valley and the French-controlled Saint Lawrence River Valley.
	Forth Forth is a programming language and programming environment, initially developed by Charles H. Moore at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the early 1970s. It was formalized in 1977 and standardized by ANSI in 1994. Forth is sometimes spelled in all capital letters following the customary usage during its earlier years, although the name is not an acronym.
	Forthright Forthright is a hard rock band out of Richmond, Canada. The band consists of Alan Kliewer, Richard Van Dop, Steve Rempel, and Phil Seel. Quote- "When the truth is ours to take, will we stand up and fight? - forthright
	Fortification Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis and facere.
	Fortran FORTRAN is a general-purpose programming language, procedural programming language, imperative programming language programming language that is especially suited to numerical analysis and scientific computing.
	Fortune cookie The fortune cookie is a thin, crisp cookie baked around a piece of paper with words of wisdom or prophecy. The message inside may also include a list of lucky numbers and a Chinese language phrase with translation. Despite the conventional wisdom, they were actually invented in California, United States, not China.
	Fortune Cookies Fortune Cookies is the 2001 in music second album by Alana Davis.
	Fortune Hunter Fortune Hunter was a List of retired The Price Is Right pricing games on the United States television game show, The Price Is Right. It was played for $5,000 cash and four prizes, each worth between $500 and $3,000.
	Forwarding Forwarding is the relaying of packet from one network segment to another by node in a computer network. The simplest forwarding model - unicast - involves a packet being relayed from link to link along a chain leading from the packet's source to its destination.
	Fosbury Flop The Fosbury Flop is a technique in the high jump that contrasts with the Western Roll and was first used by Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics made it the dominant technique of the event as it remains today. Before Fosbury, most elite jumpers used to dive over head first, or had their own specialized techniques.
	Fossil Fossils are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary layers is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils is called paleontology.
	Fossil fuel Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. The theory that hydrocarbons were formed from these remains was first introduced by Mikhail Lomonosov in 1757. In common dialogue, the term fossil fuel also includes hydrocarbon-containing natural resources that are not derived from animal or plant sources.
	Fothergilla Fothergilla is a genus of two or three species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to the southeastern United States. They are deciduous shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall with downy twigs. The leaf are alternate, broad ovoid, 4-10 cm long and 3-8 cm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin; they are noted for their brilliant orange or red fall colors.
	Foucault pendulum A Foucault pendulum, or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Lon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the Coriolis effect. It is a tall pendulum free to oscillate in any vertical plane and ideally should include some sort of motor so that it can run continuously rather than have its motion damped by air resistance.
	Foulness Foulness is an island on the east coast of Essex in England. It is separated from the mainland by narrow streams. The large island had a usually resident population of 212 people in the 2001 census, who live in the settlements of Churchend, Essex and Courtsend, at the north end of Foulness.
	Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London, England was founded in 1739 by the philanthropy Sea Captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children." The word "hospital" was used in a more general sense than it is today, simply indicating the institution's "hospitality" to those less fortunate.
	Foundry A foundry is a factory which produces castings of metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous. Ferrous metals are iron-based. The element iron is the most common base element poured in foundries. Non-ferrous metals are all other cast alloys. In foundries, molten metal is poured into molds.
	Fountain A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source, fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. Fountains may be wall fountain or free-standing. In fountains sheets of water may flow over varied surfaces of stone, concrete or metal. Basins may overflow from one into another, or the overflow may imitate a natural cascade.
	Fountain Grass Fountain Grassis a perennial grass that can grow up to a metre high. Its tightly bunched purple flowers make it popular as an ornamental species.
	Fountain of Youth The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. Florida is said to be its location, and stories of the fountain are some of the most persistent myths associated with the state.
	Fountain pen A fountain pen is a pen that contains a reservoir of water-based liquid ink. The ink is fed to the Wikt:nib through a "feed" via a combination of gravity and capillary action. Filling the fountain pen reservoir with ink involves replacing a disposable ink cartridge, filling the pen with an Pipette, or using one of a variety of internal mechanisms which suck ink into the reservoir from a bottle through the nib.
	Fouquieria Fouquieria is a genus of 11 species of desert plants, the sole genus in the Family Fouquieriaceae. The genus includes the Ocotillo and the Boojum tree or Cirio . They have succulent stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with leaf on the spikes.
	Four-wheel drive Four-wheel drive, 4WD, 4x4, all-wheel drive, and AWD are terms used to describe a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. While many people associate the term with off-road vehicles, powering all four wheels provides better control on slick ice and is an important part of Rallying on mostly-paved roads.
	Fourier series The Fourier series is a Mathematics tool used for analyzing an arbitrary periodic function by decomposing it into a weighted sum of much simpler trigonometric functions component functions sometimes referred to as normal Fourier modes, or simply modes for short.
	Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade, originally designed to conquer Jerusalem through an invasion of Egypt, instead, in 1204, invaded and conquered the Eastern Orthodox city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. It has been often described as one of the most profitable and disgraceful sacks of a city in history.
	Fourth dimension The concept of a fourth dimension is one that is often described in considering its physical implications; that is, we know that in three dimensions, we have dimensions of length, width, and height. The fourth dimension is orthogonal to the other three spatial dimensions. The cardinal directions in the three known dimensions are called up/down, north/south, and east/west.
	Fourth Estate The term Fourth Estate refers to the journalism, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues. The term goes back at least to Thomas Carlyle in the first half of the 19th century.
	Fovea The fovea, a part of the eye, is a spot located in the center of the macula region of the retina. The fovea is responsible for sharp central Visual perception, which is necessary in humans for reading, watching television or movies, driving, and any activity where visual detail is of primary importance.
	Fox A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivore Canidaes. The animal most commonly called a fox in the Western world is the Red Fox , although different species of foxes can be found on almost every continent. The presence of foxes all over the globe has led to their appearance in the popular culture and folklore of many nations, tribes, and other cultural groups.
	Fox hunting Fox hunting is often thought of as a primarily United Kingdom activity in which trained dogs pursue foxes, followed by human hunters who are usually on horses but sometimes on foot. A traditional equestrianism activity, many animal welfare campaigners object to it as a barbaric "Blood sport", while proponents and participants view it as a crucial part of rural history in England, vital for conservation, and a method of pest control.
	Fox Squirrel The Fox Squirrel, also known as the Stump-eared Squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrels native to North America. The Fox Squirrel's natural range extends throughout the eastern United States, excluding New England, north into the southern prairie provinces of Canada, and west to the Dakotas, Colorado, and Texas.
	Fox Terrier The name Fox Terrier or Foxy refers primarily to two different Dog breeds of dog, the Fox Terrier and the Fox Terrier, that were independently bred in England in the mid-19th century. The two terrier breeds are very similar, with the only major difference being the coats.
	Foxhound A foxhound is a large hunting hound. Foxhounds hunting in packs and, like all scent hounds, have a strong sense of smell. They are used in fox hunting, hence the name. When out hunting they are followed usually on horseback and will travel several miles to catch their target.
	FOXHOUND High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND is a fictional special forces unit in the Metal Gear, specializing in solo covert infiltration missions. In 1971, FOXHOUND is founded by the United States government under the command of Big Boss, in order to cope with local revolutions, regional complications, and global terrorist activities.
	Foxtail millet Foxtail millet is the second most widely planted species of millet, and the most important in East Asia. It has the longest history of cultivation among the millets, having been grown in China since sometime in the sixth millennium BC. Other names for foxtail millet include Italian millet, German millet, Chinese millet, and Hungarian millet.
	Fracas , but without any elements of chance. It utilizes a random map creator which allows the user to edit many different game parameters, such as land-to-water ratio, and there is also a map editor with which users can create their own maps.
	Fractal In colloquial usage, a fractal is a shape that is recursively constructed or self-similarity, that is, a shape that appears similar at all scales of magnification and is therefore often referred to as "infinitely complex." Mathematicians avoid giving the strict definition and prefer to call fractal a geometry object that usually
	Fractional distillation Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate.
	Fragile Fragile is the fourth album by Britain progressive rock band Yes. It is best known for the song "Roundabout", which was released in an edited version as a US single and became the band's best-known song. This was Rick Wakeman's first album with Yes - and also its first trans-atlantic Top 10 release.
	Fragrant orchid Fragrant Orchid is a flower that has a scent similar to cloves. It has a distinctive three lobed lip and long spurs, similar to Aquilegia. The Leaf are lanceolate and narrow. This species' habitat includes lime, grassland, and fens throughout northern Europe where it flowers in the summer, from June to July.
	Framboise Framboise or Frambozenbier is a Belgium lambic beer that is fermented using raspberries. It is one of many modern fruitbeer types that have been inspired by the more traditional kriek beer, made using sour cherry. Widely available in bars and pubs, these unique beers are usually served in a small glass that resembles a champagne class, only shorter.
	Frame of reference A frame of reference is a perspective from which a system is observed. In physics, it provides a set of Coordinate axis relative to which an observer can measure the position and motion of all points in a system, as well as the orientation of objects in it. There are two types of reference frames: inertial and non-inertial.
	Franc The franc is the name of several currency units, most notably that of France before it adopted the euro. The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription francorum rex on early France coins, or from the French language franc, meaning "free" .
	France France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and which also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other regions.For more information, see . Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean.