Alfione | ‖n. (Zool.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes). [ 1913 Webster ] |
Corfute | { } n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Corfiote |
Fiord | ‖n. [ Dan. & Norw. fiord. See Frith. ] A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [ Written also fjord. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fiorin | n. [ Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass. ] (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fiorite | n. (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fioriture | ‖n. pl. [ It., pl. of fioritura a flowering. ] (Mus.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mafioso | { ‖‖, n. see maffia, maffioso. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Mafia |
Mafioso | { ‖‖, n.; pl. -si /plu>. [ It. maffioso. ] A member of the mafia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Maffioso |
Millefiore glass | [ It. mille thousand + fiore flower. ] Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and other small articles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Rufiopin | n. [ L. rufus reddish + opianic. ] (Chem.) A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid. [ 1913 Webster ] |