Vocabulary : Fauvette to Favillous

Fauvette : A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.
Faux : See Fauces.
faux pas : A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
Favaginous : Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.
Favas : See Favus, n., 2.

Favel : Yellow; fal/ow; dun. ;; A horse of a favel or dun color. ;; Flattery; cajolery; deceit.
Favella : A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae.
Faveolate : Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.
Favier explosive : Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining.
Favillous : Of or pertaining to ashes.

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