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Flea circus
Flea circus: a sideshow in which fleas pull carts, race chariots, and spin carousels under magnification. Also known as performing flea shows; popular 1830s–1960s in England and Germany, pioneered by Louis Bertolotto, sustained by harnessed human fleas and, elsewhere, pure mechanical illusion.
Flea market
A flea market, also called a swap meet or marché aux puces, is a retail venue where independent sellers rent stalls to sell new and secondhand goods, typically with haggling.
Fleabag
Fleabag (伦敦生活) is a 2016-2019 BBC Three/Amazon comedy-drama written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, adapted from her 2013 Edinburgh Fringe play, known for fourth-wall breaks and six 2019 Emmy wins.
Flecainide
Flecainide (flecainide acetate, trade name Tambocor) is a class IC antiarrhythmic drug blocking fast sodium channels, used for atrial fibrillation and approved by the FDA in 1984, but avoided after heart attacks.
Flechette
A flechette (French fléchette, "little arrow") is a dartlike steel projectile that wounds by kinetic energy alone; first air-dropped in 1914, it remains in use, including in Ukraine.
Fleck corneal dystrophy
Fleck corneal dystrophy (FCD), or François-Neetens speckled corneal dystrophy, is a rare autosomal dominant PIKFYVE-related stromal corneal dystrophy with tiny non-progressive white flecks, normal vision, and no treatment required.
Flecktarn
Flecktarn (Fünffarb-Tarndruck) is the Bundeswehr's five-color camouflage pattern, designed for Central European forests, tested from 1976, introduced in 1991, widely copied abroad, and now being replaced by Multitarn.
Flee (film)
Flee (Flugt) is a 2021 animated documentary by Jonas Poher Rasmussen about Amin Nawabi, a pseudonymous gay Afghan refugee who reached Denmark at 16. It won Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize and made Oscars history with three nominations.
Fleet admiral (United States)
Fleet admiral (United States), also Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy, is the Navy's five-star highest grade, created December 14, 1944 (Public Law 482), capped at four active-list officers, and held only by Leahy, King, Nimitz, and Halsey.
Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm, forerun by the Royal Naval Air Service, is the aviation branch of the British Royal Navy, formed in the late 1930s and based at RNAS Yeovilton.
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1)
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1), nicknamed the World Watchers, is the US Navy's shore-based signals reconnaissance squadron, flying the EP-3E Aries II since 1991.
Fleet carrier
A fleet carrier, also called a fleet aircraft carrier, is the largest class of aircraft carrier, built to operate with a navy's main battle fleet rather than escort convoys.
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes are a Seattle indie folk band formed in 2006 by Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset, known for harmony-rich baroque folk-rock on Sub Pop and Nonesuch, from the 2008 debut and Helplessness Blues to Crack-Up and Shore.
Fleet Foxes (album)
Fleet Foxes (2008) is the self-titled debut album by Seattle indie-folk band Fleet Foxes, released June 3, 2008 on Sub Pop (SP777), 11 songs in 39 minutes, produced by Phil Ek, preceded by the Sun Giant EP, UK chart peak number 3, winner of the inaugural Uncut Music Award.
Fleet in being
Fleet in being: a naval strategy, coined by Lord Torrington around 1690 and developed by Philip Colomb, in which a fleet influences events through its existence and location while avoiding decisive battle.
Fleet management
Fleet management is the administration of a company's motor vehicles and mobile assets, covering maintenance, fuel, driver scheduling, safety, compliance, and disposal, today relying heavily on telematics.
Fleet Marine Force insignia
Fleet Marine Force insignia: U.S. Navy breast insignia (enlisted FMF warfare specialist pin, FMFQO/FMFWO officer pin, FMF Combat Operation Insignia) earned by Sailors qualifying in Marine Corps operations under OPNAVINST 1414.4E and SECNAVINST 1412.10A.
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) is the United States Navy's operational numerical weather prediction center, dual-located in Monterey, California, and Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Fleet of Time
Fleet of Time, also released as Back in Time (匆匆那年), is a 2014 Chinese romantic drama directed by Zhang Yibai, based on Jiu Yehui's novel and starring Eddie Peng and Ni Ni.
Fleet Replacement Squadron
A Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), also called a Replacement Air Group or RAG, is a US Navy or Marine Corps unit that trains aviators on their assigned front-line aircraft.
Fleet Street
Fleet Street, London, is a street in the City of London that housed the British national newspapers from the 1700s until the last journalists left in 2016.
Fleet submarine
A fleet submarine is a long-range, ocean-going submarine designed to scout ahead of a surface battle fleet, reaching its mature form in American World War II classes.
Fleet Survey Team (United States Navy)
The Fleet Survey Team is a deployable U.S. Navy hydrographic unit, commissioned in 2005 under the Naval Oceanographic Office, that surveys littoral waters, ports, and landing beaches.
Fleet Week
Fleet Week: annual U.S. port-city celebration of the sea services with ship tours and air shows; began San Diego 1935, San Francisco edition founded 1981 by Mayor Dianne Feinstein, New York follows Memorial Day since 1982.
Fleetwood
Fleetwood, Lancashire: planned Victorian port and seaside town on the Wyre Peninsula, founded by Peter Hesketh; once England's third largest fishing port, now known for its dock fish industry, Fleetwood Market, and coastal flood defences.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac, British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood; became the Buckingham-Nicks-McVie five-piece whose 1977 album Rumours sold over 40 million copies, won the Album of the Year Grammy, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band in 1998.
Fleetwood Mac (1968 album)
Fleetwood Mac, also known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, is the 1968 debut album by the British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on the Blue Horizon label.
Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)
Fleetwood Mac is a 1975 Fleetwood Mac studio album, the first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, that reached number one and sold over five million US copies.
Fleetwood Mac discography
Fleetwood Mac discography: catalog of the British-American rock band, 17–18 studio albums from the 1968 debut to Say You Will (2003), over 120 million records sold, plus live albums, compilations, and 2015–2026 reissues.
Fleetwood Town F.C.
Fleetwood Town F.C. (the Cod Army), English club from Fleetwood, Lancashire, in League Two at Highbury Stadium. Third incarnation founded 1997; reached the Football League in 2012 and League One in 2014; owned by Jamie Pilley since 2024.