Jack was living in Arizona during a heat wave when the following took place.
"It"s just too hot to wear clothes today," complained Jack as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?"
"Probably that I married you for your money."
- property of absorbing invisible light and emitting visible light. [from *fluorspar, after opalescence]
FLUOROCARBON
n. Compound of a hydrocarbon with fluorine atoms.
FOOTANDMOUTH
disease n. Contagious viral disease of cattle etc.
FORMALDEHYDE
n. Colourless pungent gas used as a disinfectant and preservative. [from *formic acid, *aldehyde]
FOUNTAINHEAD
n. Source.
FRANKENSTEIN
n. (in full frankenstein's monster) thing that becomes terrifying to its maker. [frankenstein, name of a character in and title of a novel by mary shelley]
FRANKINCENSE
n. Aromatic gum resin burnt as incense. [french: related to *frank in obsolete sense ‘high quality’, *incense1]
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