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FFA

FFA is the initialism of Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries.

FFA is the initialism of free fatty acid.

FFA is the initialism of free-for-all.

FFA is the initialism of Future Farmers of America.

Meaning of free fatty acid

Noun

free fatty acid (plural free fatty acids)

  1. A non-esterified fatty acid.
    • The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 15, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    FFA

Meaning of free-for-all

Noun

free-for-all (plural free-for-alls)

  1. (idiomatic) Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control.
    • When the fire alarm went off, it was a free-for-all.
    Synonyms:
    FFA
  2. A deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others.

See all 3 meanings of free-for-all

Forms of FFA

pluralFFAs

Questions about FFA

What is FFA the initialism of?
FFA is the initialism of Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries.

Words near FFA in the dictionary

  1. fezzes
  2. ff
  3. ff-hole
  4. ff-holes
  5. ff.
  6. FFA
  7. FFAR
  8. FFARs
  9. FFAs
  10. FFB
  11. FFC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: FFA (page history and authors); free fatty acid (page history and authors); free-for-all (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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