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FALCOn study
FALCOn (Facteur AnthropoLogique Cancer Orl), NCT03663985, is a completed French observational study from Institut Claudius Regaud on how surgeons', oncologists', and radiotherapists' anthropological and sociocultural factors influence head and neck cancer treatment decisions.
Falcone Group; Encore Capital Management
Falcone Group and Encore Capital Management are related Florida real estate development and investment firms founded and led by Arthur J. Falcone, headquartered in Boca Raton.
Falconidae
Falconidae, the falcon family (falcons, caracaras, forest-falcons; genus Falco), is a worldwide group of diurnal birds of prey, 64-65 species, that kill prey with the beak, include the 180 km/h stooping peregrine falcon, and serve 20,000 falconers.
Falconiformes
Falconiformes is an order of birds that in modern classifications contains a single family, Falconidae, comprising about 65 species of falcons, caracaras, and forest-falcons worldwide.
Falconry
Falconry, or hawking, is hunting wild quarry with trained birds of prey. Inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, it spans medieval royal courts, peregrine recovery programs, and modern licensed practice worldwide.
Falconry (site)
Falconry, formally The Archives of Falconry, is a museum and archive in Boise, Idaho dedicated to global falconry history, founded in 1986 by falconers who led The Peregrine Fund.
Falcons Flight
Falcons Flight (also styled Falcon's Flight) is Intamin's LSM launch roller coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia, opened 31 December 2025; at 195 m, 250 km/h, and 4,250 m it is the world's tallest, fastest, and longest coaster.
Faldaprevir
Faldaprevir (BI 201335) is Boehringer Ingelheim's once-daily, second-generation HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor for genotype 1 hepatitis C; phase 3 completed but EMA application withdrawn in June 2014, never approved.
Fale – Polynesia
A fale is the traditional Samoan house, an oval or circular structure with a domed thatched roof on wooden posts and no permanent walls, only woven blinds.
Falekaupule
The Falekaupule is the traditional assembly of elders serving as each island's local government in Tuvalu, formalized by the Falekaupule Act 1997 and recognized by the 2023 Constitution.
Falerii
Falerii, also Falerii Veteres and Falerii Novi, names two ancient cities in southern Etruria north of Rome: the Faliscan capital at Civita Castellana, destroyed by Rome in 241 BC, and the replacement Roman walled town 6 km away, now mapped by geophysics.
Falerii Novi amphitheater
Falerii Novi amphitheater: Roman amphitheater outside the northeast walls of Falerii Novi, a 241 BCE colony 50 km north of Rome; dated to the Augustan age and dug in the 19th century.
Falernum
Falernum: a sweet Barbadian rum liqueur or non-alcoholic syrup flavored with lime, clove, ginger, almond, and nutmeg, typically 11-15% ABV; a tiki cocktail staple in the Corn 'n' Oil and Three Dots and a Dash.
Falernus Ager
Falernus Ager (Ager Falernus), the Falernian territory of northern Campania between Mount Massico and the Volturno, annexed by Rome in 340 BC and famed for Falernian wine, ranked just below Caecuban and praised by Horace and Pliny.
Falesia
Falesia (falaise): Italian term for a steep sea-cliff cut by marine erosion; also Praia da Falésia in Algarve, the ancient port Falesia near Piombino, and Italian climbing crags.
Falfurrias Capital Partners
Falfurrias Capital Partners is a Charlotte, North Carolina lower-middle-market private equity firm founded in 2006 by former Bank of America executives Hugh McColl, Marc Oken, and Ed McMahan.
Falga Regio
Falga Regio is a large bright region on Jupiter's moon Europa, about 2,500 km across, named by the IAU in 2007 after a Celtic mythological island.
Falguni Nayar
Falguni Nayar, born 1963, is an Indian businesswoman who left investment banking at Kotak Mahindra to found the beauty retailer Nykaa in 2012 at age 49.
Falguni Pathak (ફાલ્ગુની પાઠક)
Falguni Pathak (ફાલ્ગુની પાઠક), born 1964 in Vadodara, is the Gujarati "Dandiya Queen" and Indipop singer of Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi and Maine Payal Hai Chhankai, famed for her annual Mumbai Navratri garba shows with band Ta Thaiyaa.
Fali
Fali (法砺, 569–635) was a Chinese Vinaya master of the Sui–Tang transition who wrote the earliest surviving commentary on the Four-Part Vinaya and founded the Xiangbu school, one of three early Tang Vinaya schools.
Faliscan language
Faliscan, an extinct Italic Indo-European language closely related to Latin, spoken in the ager Faliscus near Falerii (Civita Castellana), attested by about 300 inscriptions of the 7th–2nd centuries BC in a south Etruscan-derived alphabet.
Falk Hentschel
Falk Hentschel (born 1985, Leipzig) is a German actor and former backup dancer for Mariah Carey and Britney Spears, known as Hawkman in the CW Arrowverse and lead of StreetDance 2 (2012).
Falkirk
Falkirk: central Scottish town and council area between Glasgow and Edinburgh; population 160,230 (2025). Roman Antonine Wall fortlet sites, the Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift, and the Kelpies sculptures.
Falkirk F.C.
Falkirk F.C. (the Bairns), founded 1876, is a fan-owned Scottish football club at the 7,937-capacity Falkirk Stadium. Back-to-back titles under John McGlynn returned it to the Premiership in 2025 after a 15-year absence.
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Falkirk, Scotland, opened in 2002 to connect the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, 24 meters higher.
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, claimed by Argentina. 3,662 residents (2021), 99.8% voted to stay British in 2013; 1982 war; Sea Lion oil dispute.
Falkland Islands oil
Falkland Islands oil refers to offshore petroleum resources around the Falkland Islands, where the Sea Lion field, discovered in 2010, is set to produce first oil in 2028.
Falkland Islands pound
The Falkland Islands pound (FKP) is the currency of the Falkland Islands, established by the Currency Ordinance 1987, held at parity with sterling, and circulating interchangeably with it.
Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute
Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (Islas Malvinas): long-running Argentina-UK territorial dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago, marked by the 1982 war, UN resolution 2065, the 2013 referendum, and the 2026 Sea Lion oil escalation.
Falkland Plateau
Falkland Plateau: submarine plateau in the southern South Atlantic extending east from the Falkland Islands, bounded by the Agulhas-Falkland Fracture Zone and North Scotia Ridge; continental at both ends with thick oceanic crust in its basin.