A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

0-9

Front Page, The ... fu

Front Page, The American screwball comedy, released in 1931, that is still widely regarded as one of Hollywood's most accomplished farces. Front Range easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, extending about 300 miles (500 km) south-southeastward from near Casper in southeastern Wyoming to Fremont county in south-central Colorado, U.S. The Front Range is 40 to 50 miles (65 to 80 km) wide and includes Laramie and Medicine Bow mountains; the Sangre de ... Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et de (count of Palluau and of) French courtier and governor of New France (1672-82, 1689-98), who, despite a record of misgovernment, managed to encourage profitable explorations westward and to repel British and Iroquois attacks on New France. Frontinus, Sextus Julius Roman soldier, governor of Britain, and author of De aquis urbis Romae ("Concerning the Waters of the City of Rome"), a history and description of the water supply of Rome, including the laws relating to its use and maintenance and other matters of importance in the history of architecture. Fronto, Marcus Cornelius prominent Roman orator, rhetorician, and grammarian whose high reputation-equal in ancient times to those of Cato, Cicero, and Quintilian-was based chiefly on his orations, all of which are lost. His most famous lost speech is Against the Christians, which was answered in Minucius Felix's Octavius. Frosinone city, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy, on a hill above the Cosa River, on the Via Casilina. It originated as Frusino, a town of the ancient Volsci people, and became a colonia (colony) of the Roman Empire. There are traces of ancient walls and a Roman amphitheatre, but Frosinone, which ... frost atmospheric moisture directly crystallized on the ground and on exposed objects. The term also refers to the occurrence of subfreezing temperatures that affect plants and crops. Frost at Midnight poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in Lyrical Ballads (1798), in which Coleridge pioneered a new, informal mode of poetry unified by conversational tone and rhythm. Frost Medal annual poetry award presented by the Poetry Society of America in recognition of the lifetime achievements of an American poet. The medal was first awarded in 1930. frost point temperature, below 0 C (32 F), at which moisture in the air will condense as a layer of frost on any exposed surface. The frost point is analogous to the dew point, the temperature at which the water condenses in liquid form; both the frost point and the dew point ... Frost, A.B. American illustrator, famous for his drawings of Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit, and other characters created by Joel Chandler Harris, an American writer of Southern dialect folktales. Frost, John hero of Chartism (the first mass political reform movement) and leader of the Newport rising of November 4, 1839, in which about 20 Chartists were killed by troops. Frost, Robert American poet who was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England, his command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations. Frost, Sir David English talk show host, journalist, and writer. He worked in television from 1961 and hosted numerous programs in the United States and Britain, including That Was the Week That Was (1962-63), The Frost Reports (1966-67), The David Frost Show (1969-72; two Emmy Awards), Frost on Sunday (1984-92), and Breakfast with ... frostbite a freezing of living tissue; frostbite occurs whenever heat loss from a tissue is sufficient to permit ice formation. The freezing-thawing process causes mechanical damage to cells (from ice), tissue dehydration, and local oxygen depletion. If not relieved, these conditions lead to disruption of the blood corpuscles, thrombosis (clotting) within ... frosted bat any of certain bat species of the family vesper bat (q.v.). Frostie a Hereford-Friesian calf, the first calf produced from an embryo that was frozen, thawed, and implanted into a surrogate cow. Frostie, born in 1973 and popularly called the "frozen calf," was the product of cryopreservation research conducted by British developmental biologist Ian Wilmut. froth flotation separation of minerals differing little in density but greatly in wettability by surfactants that stabilize a froth formed on the surface of an agitated suspension of the minerals in water. See flotation. frottage (French: "rubbing"), in visual arts, technique of obtaining an impression of the surface texture of a material, such as wood, by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing it with a soft pencil or crayon, as for taking brass rubbings; the name is also applied to the impression ... frottola Italian secular song popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Usually the frottola was a composition for four voice parts with the melody in the top line. Frottole could be performed by unaccompanied voices or by a solo voice with instrumental accompaniment. The frottola had chordal texture and ... Froude number in hydrology and fluid mechanics, dimensionless quantity used to indicate the influence of gravity on fluid motion. It is generally expressed as Fr = v/(gd)12, in which d is depth of flow, g is the gravitational acceleration (equal to the specific weight of the water divided by its density, in ... Froude, James Anthony English historian and biographer whose History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 12 vol. (1856-70), fundamentally altered the whole direction of Tudor studies. He was immensely prolific, producing also novels and essays. Froude, Richard Hurrell Anglican churchman and a leader of the Oxford Movement, which sought to reintroduce High Church, or "catholic," thought and practice into the Church of England. Froude, William English engineer and naval architect who influenced ship design by developing a method of studying scale models propelled through water and applying the information thus obtained to full-size ships. He discovered the laws by which the performance of the model could be extrapolated to the ship when both have the ... frozen prepared food any of the complete meals or portions of meals that are precooked, assembled into a package, and frozen for retail sale. They are popular among consumers because they provide a diverse menu and are convenient to prepare. A typical frozen prepared meal contains a meat entree, a vegetable, a starch-based ... Fructidor, Coup of 18 (Sept. 4, 1797), the purge of conservatives from the Corps Legislatif and other posts during the Revolutionary period of the Directory in France. fructose a member of a group of carbohydrates known as simple sugars, or monosaccharides. Fructose, along with glucose, occurs in fruits, honey, and syrups; it also occurs in certain vegetables. It is a component, along with glucose, of the disaccharide sucrose, or common table sugar. Phosphate derivatives of fructose (e.g., fructose-1-phosphate, ... fructosuria disturbance of fructose metabolism resulting from a hereditary disorder or intolerance. Normally, fructose is first metabolized in the body to fructose-1-phosphate by a specific organic catalyst or enzyme called fructokinase. In fructosuria this particular enzyme is defective, and the concentration of fructose increases in the blood and urine. There are ... Frueh, Al American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. Fruehauf Trailer Corporation American corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of truck trailers. Headquarters are in Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. frugivore any animal that subsists totally or primarily on fruit. Although the diets of many animals include fruits, many species practice frugivory exclusively. Such animals include several species of bats, such as the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and a number of flying foxes (Pteropus), many passerine birds, and some fish ... fruit in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits. Popularly, however, the term is restricted ... fruit bat any of numerous tropical bat species belonging either to the Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), such as flying foxes, or to fruit-eating genera of the American leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae), especially those of the genus Artibeus (see Jamaican fruit bat). fruit farming growing of fruit crops, including nuts, primarily for use as human food. fruit fly any two-winged insect of either the family Trypetidae or the family Drosophilidae (order Diptera) whose larvae feed on fruit or other vegetative matter. Insects of the family Trypetidae are often referred to as large fruit flies, and those of the Drosophilidae as small fruit flies, or vinegar flies. (See vinegar ... fruit processing preparation of fruit for human consumption. fruit spot symptom of plant disease, usually caused by fungi and bacteria. A spot is a definite, localized area. Spots frequently enlarge and merge to form a rot, a softening discoloration and often a disintegration of tissue. All fruits are susceptible; infection commonly starts at a wound, the stem end, or the ... fruitworm beetle any of a few genera of insects in the family Byfuridae (order Coleoptera) whose larvae feed on fruit. A common example of this family of small, hairy, oval beetles is the raspberry fruitworm (Byturus rubi). The small, pale larva, which is covered with short fine hairs, attacks the raspberry fruit. ... Frumentius, Saint Syrian apostle who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia. As first bishop of its ancient capital, Aksum, he structured the emerging Christian church there in the orthodox theology of the Alexandrian school during the 4th-century controversy over Arianism. Frundsberg, Georg von German soldier and devoted servant of the Habsburgs who fought on behalf of the Holy Roman emperors Maximilian I and Charles V. Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich Soviet army officer and military theorist, regarded as one of the fathers of the Red Army. Fry, Christopher British writer of verse plays. Fry, Elizabeth British Quaker philanthropist and one of the chief promoters of prison reform in Europe. She also helped to improve the British hospital system and the treatment of the insane. Fry, Maxwell British architect who, with his wife, Jane Drew, pioneered in the field of modern tropical building and town planning. Fry, Roger English art critic and artist, best known as the champion of the movement he termed Post-Impressionism. Frydek-Mistek city, northeastern Czech Republic. It lies along the Ostravice River just south of Ostrava. The town is dominated by the steeple of Frydek Castle, which was originally a Gothic royal castle but was reconstructed during the 17th and 18th centuries. Also of interest are the twin-tower 18th-century Baroque church and ... Frye, Northrop Canadian educator and literary critic who wrote much on Canadian literature and culture and became best known as one of the most important literary theorists of the 20th century. frying the cooking of food in hot fats or oils, usually done with a shallow oil bath in a pan over a fire or as so-called deep fat frying, in which the food is completely immersed in a deeper vessel of hot oil. Because the food is heated through a greasy ... FTP computer application used to transfer files from one computer to another over a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet. fu type of Chinese bronze vessel used as a food container, it was produced largely from the middle Zhou period (c. 900-c. 600 BC) through the Warring States period (475-221 BC). Rectangular in shape and divided into two parts, the vessel was supported by angular feet at each corner; the lid ... fu Chinese literary form combining elements of poetry and prose. The form developed during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) from its origins in the long poem Lisao ("On Encountering Sorrow") by Qu Yuan (c. 339-c. 278 BC). The fu was particularly suitable for description and exposition, in contrast to the ...