an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation
a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular sport, art form, or famous person
a member of a people inhabiting parts of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon
a Chinese gambling game in which players try to guess the remainder after the banker has divided a number of hidden objects into four groups
a horny coral with a vertical tree- or fan-like skeleton, living chiefly in warmer seas
the fans of a sports team, pop group, etc. considered as a distinct social grouping
(in a motor-vehicle engine) a belt that transmits motion from the driveshaft to the radiator fan and the dynamo or alternator
a dance in which the female performer is apparently nude and remains partly concealed throughout by large fans
a type of vault consisting of a set of concave ribs spreading out from a central point like the ribs of an opened umbrella, used especially in the English Perpendicular style
a tube-dwelling marine bristle worm which bears a fan-like crown of filaments that are typically brightly coloured and project from the top of the tube, filtering the water for food particles
fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, film, etc.
an electric heater in which a fan drives air over a hot element and back into the room
a fan-shaped mass of alluvium deposited as the flow of a river decreases in velocity
cause an emotion such as anger or hatred to become stronger
a small Old World warbler with streaked plumage and a stubby boldly marked tail
disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area
a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction
when the disastrous consequences of something become public
a female fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, film, music, or science fiction
a jet engine in which a turbine-driven fan provides additional thrust
a palm with large lobed fan-shaped leaves