capitulation fall surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions), they were protected until the capitulation of the fort |
spill tumble fall | a sudden drop from an upright position, he had a nasty spill on the ice |
fell | the act of felling something (as a tree) |
fall | a lapse into sin, a loss of innocence or of chastity, a fall from virtue |
fall cankerworm | green or brown white-striped looper, larva of Alsophila pometaria |
fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda | larva of a migratory American noctuid moth, destroys grasses and small grains |
fall webworm Hyphantria cunea | a variety of webworm |
fallboard fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
fell felled seam | seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
sunken arch fallen arch | an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground |
rupture breach break severance rift falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
drop fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity, it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height |
free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
fall | a movement downward, the rise and fall of the tides |
Fall of Man | (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death |
fall downfall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance, the fall of the House of Hapsburg |
fall pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat |
Fall | the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve, women have been blamed ever since the Fall |
Idaho Falls | a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River |
Twin Falls | a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls |
Great Falls | a town in central Montana on the Missouri river, a center of extensive hydroelectric power |
Niagara Falls | a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river, tourist attraction and honeymoon resort |
Klamath Falls | a town in southern Oregon near the California border |
Sioux Falls | largest city in South Dakota, located in southeastern South Dakota |
Wichita Falls | a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border |
American Falls | a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo) |
Angel Angel Falls | the highest waterfall, has more than one leap, flow varies seasonally |
Canadian Falls Horseshoe Falls | a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario |
Cuquenan Cuquenan Falls Kukenaam Kukenaam Falls | a famous waterfall in Venezuela |
descent declivity fall decline declination declension downslope | a downward slope or bend |
Iguazu Iguazu Falls Iguassu Iguassu Falls Victoria Falls | a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil |
Niagara Niagara Falls | waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls, in the United States it is the American Falls |
Paulo Afonso Paulo Afonso Falls | a major waterfall in northeastern Brazil |
Sete Quedas Guaira Guaira Falls | a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay |
Tugela Tugela Falls | a major waterfall in southern Africa, has more than one leap |
Twin Twin Falls | a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho |
Urubupunga Urubupunga Falls | a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil |
Victoria Victoria Falls | a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, diminishes seasonally |
waterfall falls | a steep descent of the water of a river |
Yosemite Yosemite Falls | a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California, is reduced to a trickle for part of each year |
chump fool gull mark patsy fall guy sucker soft touch mug | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
fall dandelion arnica bud Leontodon autumnalis | fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower, naturalized in the United States |
falls | the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) |
fall-blooming hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata | deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters |
slump slack drop-off falloff falling off | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality, the team went into a slump, a gradual slack in output, a drop-off in attendance, a falloff in quality |
hide fell | the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) |
twilight dusk gloaming gloam nightfall evenfall fall crepuscule crepuscle | the time of day immediately following sunset, he loved the twilight, they finished before the fall of night |
autumnal equinox September equinox fall equinox | September |
fall autumn | the season when the leaves fall from the trees, in the fall of |