Equinoctial. Referring to the time when the sun passes the celestial equator.

Eventually. Finally; when a certain time has arrived.

Extricated. To rescue from.

Factions. Parties; tribes; clans.

Faculty. That quality or attribute of the mind or body, like intelligence or strength.

Fandango. A Spanish dance in triple time.

Facility. Ease; without difficulty.

Fixed star. A heavenly body, supposedly like our sun, around which certain planets revolve.

Flanking. Going around; at the sides.

Foundering. To sink, or to plunge downwardly.