Letter F

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	F in Print and Proverb n.  a euphemism.  <He shocked everyone by using the F word.>  n.  the sixth letter of the alphabet.  <Take the F from life and you have lie.  —James Thurber, "The Wonderful O."> n.  any spoken sound represented by the letter.  <The sound vibration of the consonant F means "faith."  —Joseph E. Rael, Tracks of Dancing Light: A Native American Approach to Understanding Your Name.> n.  a written representation of the letter.  n.  a device, such as a printer's type, for reproducing letter.  abbrev.  feather.  <You could have knocked me down with a f.  —P. G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves.> n.  something designated F.  <Books you were going to write with letters for titles.  Have you read his F?  O yes, but I prefer Q.  Yes, but W is wonderful.  O yes, W.  —James Joyce, Ulysses.> n.  someone called F.  <Uncle F left me a small landscape painting I'd once admired.  —Iain Banks, The Business.> (in literature)  the title of a film from the Czech Republic, written and directed by Janja Glogovac.  Facts and Figures Until 1822, the letter F (for "fray-maker") was branded on the cheeks of people who fought in church.  Keys and Scales n.  the fourth note in a C-major musical scale.  n.  a written or printed musical note.  n.  a string, key, or pipe tuned to the note F.  Layers and Levels n.  a layer of the ionosphere, as in the "F layer."  <The F-layer appears a few hours after sunset, when the F1- and F2-layer merge.  The F-layer is located between 250-500km altitude.  Even well into the night, this layer may reflect radio waves up to 20 MHz, and occasionally even up to 25 MHz.  —WWDX Propogation College.> n.  the sixth in a series.  n.  a non-passing grade in school indicating "failing."  <Not enough comments on it, insufficient explanation of her F.  —William H. Gass, The Tunnel.> n.  one graded with an F.  <an F student>  Miscellaneous n.  a medieval Roman numeral for 40.  n.  something arbitrarily designated F (e.g. a person, place, or other thing).  Scientific Matters n.  (chemistry) the symbol for the element fluorine in the Periodic Table.  n.  (physics) The Faraday constant F equals the amount of charge that must pass through a solution to electrolytically deposit a mole of a singly charged, or monovalent element contained in the solution.  n.  (physics) a state of atomic energy.  n.  (biology) phenylalanine, an amino acid.  Find dozens more F's in the upcoming print edition of the Dictionary of One Letter Words! Details forthcoming. TURN TO G's >