All articles starting with F
15,892 articles
Falastin (فلسطين)
Falastin (فلسطين), Arabic newspaper founded in Jaffa in January 1911 by Issa Daoud al-'Isa and Yusuf Hana al-'Isa; leading Mandate-era Palestinian daily, closed repeatedly, ended 1967.
Falbe Punic inscriptions
The Falbe Punic inscriptions are two Punic votive stelae from Carthage held in Copenhagen's Nationalmuseet, named for Christian Tuxen Falbe, who sent casts of Punic inscriptions to Europe in the 1830s.
Falcão (futsal player)
Falcão (Alessandro Rosa Vieira), Brazilian futsal winger born 1977, 'King of Futsal'; 401 goals in 258 Brazil caps, 2008 and 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup winner, four-time FIFA world player, retired 2018 with Magnus.
Falcaria vulgaris
Falcaria vulgaris (sickleweed, longleaf) is a glaucous Apiaceae herb native from Central Europe and the Mediterranean to Central Asia, introduced and invasive in North American rangelands, with traditional medicinal uses.
Falcata
The falcata is a curved iron sword used in the Iberian Peninsula from the fifth to the first century BC, the characteristic weapon of Iberian warriors.
Falcataria
Falcataria is a genus of three fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing legume trees native from eastern Malesia to the Santa Cruz Islands. Its best-known species, Falcataria falcata (formerly F. moluccana, albizia, batai), is planted for timber and shade but invades Pacific forests.
Falcataria moluccana
Falcataria moluccana, also called Falcataria falcata, Moluccan albizia, batai, or sengon, is a fast-growing nitrogen-fixing Fabaceae tree native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands, widely planted for timber yet invasive in Hawaii.
Falchion
Falchion (Old French fauchon, from Latin falx, sickle): a one-handed, single-edged European cutting sword with a broad, forward-weighted blade, used from the 13th to 16th century as an infantry sidearm; distinct from the messer by sword-style hilt construction.
Falcipains
Falcipains are four papain-fold cysteine proteases (FP1, FP2, FP2′, and FP3) encoded by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which degrade host hemoglobin and have been pursued as antimalarial drug targets for three decades.
Falco (musician)
Falco (Johann Hölzel, 1957–1998), Austrian pop musician; hits "Der Kommissar" and "Rock Me Amadeus," the only German-language song to top the US Billboard Hot 100 (1986). Not Tav Falco or other namesakes.
Falco mexicanus
Falco mexicanus, the prairie falcon (Halcón mexicano), is a large light-brown falcon of western North America's arid grasslands and deserts, nesting on cliffs, hunting ground squirrels in low fast flight, and ranked G5/Least Concern.
Falco naumanni
Falco naumanni, the lesser kestrel (Cernícalo primilla), is a small colonial Palearctic falcon, authority Fleischer 1818, that eats insects in cereal fields, winters in sub-Saharan Africa, and is IUCN Least Concern globally with 80,000-134,000 mature individuals.
Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo, the Eurasian hobby, is a small Palearctic falcon hunting insects and birds in flight, migrating to Africa; IUCN Least Concern, 900,000–1,500,000 mature individuals, namesake of the Subbuteo game.
Falco subniger
Falco subniger, the Black Falcon (Wandhala in Gamilaraay), is a large sooty-black Australian falcon of the subgenus Hierofalco, closest to the Laggar Falcon. It hunts birds by stooping and piracy, nests in appropriated raven and raptor stick nests, and is listed Vulnerable in NSW and Critically Endangered in Victoria.
Falcom Sound Team jdk (group)
Falcom Sound Team jdk, formerly J.D.K., is the in-house sound team of Japanese game developer Nihon Falcom, scoring the Ys and Trails series since 1988.
Falcon
Falcon: a bird of prey of family Falconidae (Falco and relatives, caracaras), long pointed wings, kills with notched beak; peregrine stoops at 320 km/h; worldwide except Antarctica; 64 species.
Falcon (comics)
Falcon (comics): Marvel superhero Sam Wilson, created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, debuting in Captain America #117 (September 1969); Harlem social worker with a telepathic bird link via Redwing, later Captain America from 2014.
Falcón (district)
Falcón is a municipality in Falcón State, northwestern Venezuela, bordering the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is Pueblo Nuevo, and it is the state's second most populated municipality after Carirubana.
Falcon (model family)
Falcon is a family of open-weight large language models developed by the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, first unveiled in March 2023 and expanded through 2026.
Falcon 1
Falcon 1 was SpaceX's first rocket, a two-stage launcher flown five times from Omelek Island in 2006 to 2009, reaching orbit on its fourth flight.
Falcon 9
Falcon 9, also called SpaceX Falcon 9, is a two-stage rocket built by SpaceX that lands and reuses its booster, first flying in June 2010.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 Block 5, also known as Falcon 9 Full Thrust Block 5, is the final version of SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket, first flown in May 2018.
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Falcon 9 Full Thrust, also called Falcon 9 v1.2, is a SpaceX rocket whose 2015 maiden flight achieved the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage.
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest (1981–1990), CBS prime-time soap opera created by Earl Hamner Jr. and Lorimar, 9 seasons, 227 episodes; Jane Wyman as vineyard matriarch Angela Channing; set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley, filmed at Spring Mountain Vineyard.
Falcon Express (film)
Falcon Express, released internationally as Pets on a Train, is a 2025 French animated film by Benoît Daffis and Jean-Christian Tassy in which raccoon thief Falcon and police dog Rex stop a hijacked runaway train.
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy, also known as SpaceX Falcon Heavy, is a heavy-lift orbital rocket built by SpaceX from three Falcon 9 cores, first flown in 2018.
Falcon Private Credit
Falcon Private Credit, also known as Onex Falcon, is a private credit funds business managed by Falcon Investment Advisors of Boston, renamed from the Onex Falcon joint venture in October 2022.
Falcon Reservoir
Falcon Reservoir, officially Falcon International Reservoir and commonly Falcon Lake, impounds the Rio Grande on the Texas–Mexico border; it was completed in 1954 and is managed jointly by the two countries.
Falcon Rising
Falcon Rising (2014) is an American action film directed by Ernie Barbarash, starring Michael Jai White as ex-Marine John 'Falcon' Chapman hunting his sister's attackers in Brazil's favelas; $4.5M budget, $11,774 gross, 43% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Falcon Strategic Partners
Falcon Strategic Partners is the family of private equity funds managed by Falcon Investment Advisors, a Boston middle-market firm founded in 2000 by Sandeep Alva and William Kennedy.