548 GLOSS Any. 



Fibrils, minute branches of roots. 



Fibrous, composed of fibres. 



Fusiform, spindle- shaped, tapering. 



Fasciculated, collected in heads or bundles. 



Fundamental, original, elementary, first principle. 



Fructification, the flower and fruit with their parts, the act of 

 making fruitful. 



FAHRENHEIT, the inventor of the thermometer which bears 

 that name. 



Fault, a cleft or fissure in a rock. 



Fossil, the remains of animals and plants found buried in the 

 earth. 



Formation, a group of any kind of rocks referred to a common 

 origin or period. 



Fossiliferous, containing fossils. 



Fissure, a crack or cleft. 



Fuse, to melt, become fluid from heat. 



Faggot, a bundle of sticks or brush. 



Friable, easily crumbled or pulverized. 



Fertilizers, substances used to enrich the soil. 



Focus, the point at which rays of light or heat meet 



Fluor spar, a mineral compound of lime and fluoric acid. 



Fibre, a slender, thread-like organ or substance. 



Fumes, vapor, gas or smoke. 



Freezing point, this is placed at 32 Fahrenheit. 



Feldspar, a simple mineral which constitutes a principal ingre- 

 dient of most rocks. 



Fire damp, light carburetted hydrogen. 



Fibrine, the colorless part of the blood which when separated 

 from it becomes jelly-like. 



Geology, the science of the earth's structure, (fee. 



Graphite, black lead. 



Galvanism, a species or modification of electricity. 



Glutinous, sticky, visced, having the characters of glue. 



