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71fon|dle — «FON duhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.t. 1. to handle or treat with fondness; pet; caress: »The mother fondled her baby. 2. Obsolete. to coddle; pamper. –v.i. to behave, play, or speak fondly. ╂[< fond1 …
72fon|due — «FON doo, fon DOO; French fn doo», noun. 1. a dish chiefly made of melted cheese, eggs, butter, etc., into which crackers or small pieces of toast are dipped before eating them. 2. any dish of heated sauce into which small pieces of food are… …
73fon|ta|nelle — fon|ta|nel or fon|ta|nelle «FON tuh NEHL», noun. 1. one of the soft spots, closed by membrane and later to be filled by bone, on the head of an infant or fetus. 2. Obsolete. an opening for the discharge of pus. ╂[< French fontanelle,… …
74fon|ta|nel — or fon|ta|nelle «FON tuh NEHL», noun. 1. one of the soft spots, closed by membrane and later to be filled by bone, on the head of an infant or fetus. 2. Obsolete. an opening for the discharge of pus. ╂[< French fontanelle, alteration of Old… …
75fon|dant — «FON duhnt», noun. 1. a creamy confection used as a filling or coating for other candies. 2. a candy consisting mainly of fondant. ╂[< French fondant (literally) melting, present participle of fondre melt < Latin fundere pour] …
76fon|tal — «FON tuhl», adjective. having to do with a font, fountain, source, or origin. ╂[< Medieval Latin fontalis < Latin fōns, fontis spring, fount] …
77fon|ti|nal — «FON tuh nuhl», adjective. growing in or about springs, as certain plants. ╂[< Latin fontinālis having to do with springs < fōns, fontis spring, fount] …
78fon|dling — «FOND lihng», noun. 1. a person or thing treated fondly; pet. 2. English Dialect. a fool; simpleton. ╂[< fond1 + ling] …
79fon|tange — «fn tahnZH», noun, plural tanges « tahnZH». = commode (def. 4). (Cf. ↑commode) ╂[< French fontange < the Duchess of Fontanges, the mistress of Louis XIV] …
80Fon|té|che|vade man — «fn tay shuh VAD», an early form of Homo sapiens who presumably lived about 100,000 years ago, according to the evidence of fossil remains found in France. ╂[< Fontéchevade, a town in France, where remains were found] …