fumismAn absurdist and satirical Parisian art movement from the late 1870s to the early 20th century, similar to the later dadaism.
fumistA member or supporter of the fumism art movement.
fumitoryAny plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
fumitremorginAny of a class of tremorogenic metabolites of Aspergillus and Penicillium.
funboardA type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
functionalismA doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
functionaryA person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
fundamentalA basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
fundamentalismThe tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
fundamentalistOne who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
fundiformResembling or arranged in the form of a sling; specifically designating the lower part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx (cricopharyngeal muscle), and the fibers of this part of the muscle.
fundiloonA fundamentalist loon, that is, a person who is fundamentalist (religiously and socially conservative) and (regarded as) crazy.
fundoplastyA surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus.
fundoplicationAn operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.