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Fogging (censorship)
Fogging is a type of visual censorship. An area for a picture or movie is blurred to obscure it from sight. This form of censorship is used for sexually related images/scenes, hiding genitals, pubic hair, or sexual penetration of any sort. Pixelization is a form of fogging

Foghorn
A foghorn or fog signal or fog bell is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of hazards or boats of the presence of other vehicles in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport

FOIA
FOIA stands for Freedom of Information Act and may refer to:*Freedom of information legislation Legislation granting freedom of information has been enacted around the world*Freedom of Information Act

Foie gras
Foie gras ; French for "fat liver") is a food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. This fattening is typically achieved through gavage corn, according to French law, though outside of France it is occasionally produced using natural feeding

Foil
Foil may refer to:Materials* Foil , a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food

Foil (chemistry)
A foil is a very thin sheet of metal, usually made by hammering or rolling a piece of metal. Foils are most easily made with malleable metals, such as aluminium, copper, tin, and gold. Foils usually bend under their own weight and can be torn easily. The more malleable a metal, the thinner foil can be made with it

FOL
The acronym FOL may mean:* FOL , a song by The Smashing Pumpkins which stands for "Feel Our Love"* Flower of Life, a geometric symbol with religious meaning* Fountain of Life, Christian iconography symbol associated with baptism

Fold (album)
Fold was the debut release by Australian rock band Epicure. It was issued on 7 August 2000.-Track listing:# "Calm"# "Feet From Under Me"# "Johnny Venus"# "Son Shine"# "Bottom Of A Well"# "Lights Out!"# "Fly The Flag"# "Opportunity's Knocking"

Folded optics
Folded optics is an optical system in which the beam is bent in a way to make the optical path much longer than the size of the system. Prismatic binoculars are a well-known example.

Folder
Folder may refer:* File folder, a kind of folder that holds loose papers* Folder , a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of files and other folders can be kept and organized

Folding
Fold or folding may refer to:* Paper folding, the art of folding paper* Book folding, in book production* Skin fold, an area of skin that folds* Fold , in the game of poker, to discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot

Folding (chemistry)
In chemistry, folding is the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation. The process can also be described as intramolecular self-assembly where the molecule is directed to form a specific shape through noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, metal coordination, hydrophobic forces, van der Waals forces, pi-pi interactions, and/or electrostatic

Foley (filmmaking)
Foley is a term that describes the process of live recording of sound effects that are created by a Foley artist, which are added in post production to enhance the quality of audio for films, television, video, video games and radio.

Foley (surname)
Foley is a surname, originating in Ireland in the south east Munster region. The name is derived from the original modern Irish Ó Foghlú and older Irish Ó Foghladha, with the original meaning of plunderers. The Lord of the Decies was a title attributed to some early Foleys

Foliation
In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension.

Folic acid
Folic acid and folate , as well as pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, pteroyl-L-glutamate, and pteroylmonoglutamic acid are forms of the water-soluble vitamin B9

Folie
Folie or Folies may refer to:* A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, the last major work by French painter Édouard Manet* À la folie, 1994 film by Diane Kurys* À la folie ou pas du tout, Belgian entry in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest

Folies
Folies is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Folies is situated on the D329 road, some southeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*

Folio
Folio may refer to:* Folio , a book size* A particular edition of a book printed on folio pages, such as the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays* A leaf of a book: see Recto and verso* Folio , a sans-serif typeface

Folio (text)
A folio is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper, on each of which four pages of text are printed, two on each side; each sheet is then folded once to produce two leaves. Each leaf of a folio book thus is one half the size of the original sheet

Folio (typeface)
Folio is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum in 1957 for the Bauersche Gießerei

Folium (vermis)
The folium vermis is a short, narrow, concealed band at the posterior extremity of the vermis, consisting apparently of a single folium, but in reality marked on its upper and under surfaces by secondary fissures.

Folk
The English word Folk is derived from a Germanic noun, *fulka meaning "people" or "army"

Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles

Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics

Folklore (16HP album)
Folklore is the 4th studio album by 16 Horsepower, released in 2002.As hinted to by its name, most of the material on the album is drawn from traditional folk music. Only four of the songs on the album are original 16 Horsepower compositions.-Track listing:

Folklore (disambiguation)
Folklore is a body of expressive culture.Folklore may also refer to:* Folklore , the journal of the Folklore Society* Folklore , a 2007 Playstation 3 video game

Folklore (Jorge Cafrune album)
Folklore is the second album by the Argentine singer Jorge Cafrune, released in Argentina in 1962.- Track listing :#"Zamba de un cantor"#"La olvidada"#"Zamba de abril"#"Cuando nada te debía"#"La Caspi Corral"#"Tata Juancho"#"Voy andando"

Folles
Folles is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.-References:*

Follicle
Follicle may refer to:*Follicle , a small spherical group of cells containing a cavity:** Dental follicle** Hair follicle** Lymph follicle** Ovarian follicle** Thyroid follicle*Follicle

Follicle (fruit)
In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia, peony and milkweed.

Follies
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies," a musical revue , that played in that theatre between the World Wars

Follow
Follow is the third album by Pakho Chau, comprising four new tracks and nine previously-released tracks. It was released in Hong Kong on July 10, 2009.-Track listing:#"Lovin' You"#"Reporting to Commander-In-Chief" #"Mr. Chan" #"Time's Up"

Follow Through
"Follow Through" is a single by Gavin DeGraw released in 2005. It is featured on his 2003 album Chariot.The song has been featured on several television shows, including One Tree Hill and Scrubs and, from 2008-2010, played in the UK and Italian advertisements for Carte D'or.The song peaked at #13 in the Netherlands, #38 in Portugal, #12 in Norway, #33 on the U.S

Follower
Follower is a poem by Seamus Heaney released in his 1966 collection Death of a Naturalist. The poem is about how he admired and followed his father.

Follower (short story)
"Follower" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror.-External links:*

Followers
Followers is a term given to a group of playing positions in the game of Australian rules football - a ruckman, ruck rover, and rover.

Following
Following is a 1998 British neo-noir film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance

Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs

Folly (disambiguation)
A folly is a building constructed strictly as a decoration.Folly may also refer to:* Foolishness* Folly , a common figure in allegorical art and drama* Folly , an American skacore band* Folly

Fondant
Fondant is one of several kinds of icing-like substance used to decorate or sculpt pastries. The word, in French, means "melting", coming from the same root as "foundry" in English.

Fonde
The Fonde Recreation Center, often known simply as Fonde or Fonde Rec, is a public gym near downtown Houston, Texas. Fonde is most well known for its basketball courts, which have been the proving ground for numerous NCAA and NBA basketball players during the summertime

Fondo (Barcelona Metro)
Fondo is the name of a Barcelona Metro station in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the northern part of the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It's served by two metro lines. L1 , of which it's currently the northern terminus

Fonds
Fonds is an archival term used to describe an aggregation of documents that originate from the same source. More specifically, a fonds distinguishes itself from a collection through its organic nature, as archival documents that have been naturally accumulated by an individual, company, institution, etc

Fondue
Fondue is a Swiss dish of melted cheese served in a communal pot over a spirit lamp , and eaten by dipping long-stemmed forks with bread into the cheese

Font
In typography, a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface

Fontaine (singer)
Fontaine Weyman, better known as Fontaine, is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and photographer in the Los Angeles, California, area. Born May 7, 1979, in France, she was raised in South Carolina. She has shared a stage with Paula Cole, performed at Lilith Fair, and provided back-up vocals for Rob Zombie, and Josh Brown

Fontana (Barcelona Metro)
Fontana is a Barcelona Metro station located under Carrer Gran de Gràcia and Carrer d'Astúries in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It's served by L3. Opened in 1924 as part of the first metro line of the city , the station retains some of the original decoration. It's also one of the few stations in the city to have an access and a ticket hall over ground

Fontanelle
A fontanelle is an anatomical feature on an infant's skull.-Anatomy:Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby's head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child's head to pass through the birth canal. The ossification of the bones of the skull causes the fontanelles to close over by 18 months up to a child's second birthday

Fontes
-Portugal:* Fontes , a civil parish in the municipality of Abrantes* Fontes , a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião-People:* Azdrubal Fontes Bayardo, a Uruguayan racecar driver

Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals

Food (album)
Food is the debut album from London based rock band Zico Chain, Anaemia and Where Would You Rather be? where released as singles from the album along with music videos.-Critical reception:

Food additive
Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste and appearance.Some additives have been used for centuries; for example, preserving food by pickling , salting, as with bacon, preserving sweets or using sulfur dioxide as in some wines

Food chain
A food web depicts feeding connections in an ecological community. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the autotrophs, and 2) the heterotrophs

Food coloring
Food coloring is a substance, liquid or powder, that is added to food or drink to change its color. Food coloring is used both in commercial food production and in domestic cooking

Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development

Food desert
A food desert is any area in the industrialised world where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain. It is prevalent in rural as well as urban areas and is most prevalent in low-socioeconomic minority communities, and is associated with a variety of diet-related health problems

Food for Thought (song)
"Food for Thought" was the first single released by British reggae band UB40. It was released as a double A side along with "King", which was a song written about the late Martin Luther King, questioning the lost direction of the deceased leader's followers and the state of mourning of a nation after his death

Food processor
A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the process of preparation of food. Today, the term almost always refers to an electric-motor-driven appliance, although there are some manual devices also referred to as "food processors".Food processors are similar to blenders in many ways

Foodborne illness
Foodborne illness is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms.-Causes:Foodborne illness usually arises from improper handling, preparation, or

Foodie
Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink. The word was coined in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook.- Distinguished from gourmet :

Foodways
In social science foodways are the cultural, social and economic practices relating to the production and consumption of food.- Definitions :

Fool
Fool or Fools may refer to:* A jester, or clown* Illiterate* Foolishness, the quality of having poor judgment or little intelligence* The Fool , a Tarot card* Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare

Fool Around
Fool Around is Rachel Sweet's debut album. It was released when she was 16.This album was originally released in England as Stiff Records SEEZ 12 with a somewhat different set of tracks from what appeared on the American release and all other releases since.-Track listing :All tracks composed by Liam Sternberg; except where indicated# "Just My Style" -#

Fool's errand
A fool's errand may mean:*Another term for a snipe hunt, an impossible task*Fool's Errand , a novel by Robin Hobb*The Fool's Errand, a 1987 computer game*A brand of snack cracker, popular in the 1970s

Fool's errand
A fool's errand may mean:*Another term for a snipe hunt, an impossible task*Fool's Errand , a novel by Robin Hobb*The Fool's Errand, a 1987 computer game*A brand of snack cracker, popular in the 1970s

Fool's Gold (2008 film)
Fool's Gold is an 2008 American adventure/romance film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a married couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson

Fool's Gold (2008 film)
Fool's Gold is an 2008 American adventure/romance film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a married couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson

Fool's Gold (disambiguation)
Fool's Gold usually refers to the mineral pyrite.Fool's Gold may also refer to:- Film :* Fool's Gold , a silent drama film* Fool's Gold , a Hopalong Cassidy film