These are the meanings of the letters FARMAC when you unscramble them.
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Afar (adv.)
At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
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Cram (v. t.)
To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
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Cram (v. t.)
To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
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Cram (v. t.)
To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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Cram (v. i.)
To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
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Cram (v. i.)
To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.
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Cram (n.)
The act of cramming.
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Cram (n.)
Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
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Cram (n.)
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
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Farm (a. & n.)
The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
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Farm (a. & n.)
The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
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Farm (a. & n.)
The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
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Farm (a. & n.)
Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
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Farm (a. & n.)
A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
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Farm (a. & n.)
A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.
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Farm (v. t.)
To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
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Farm (v. t.)
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.
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Farm (v. t.)
To take at a certain rent or rate.
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Farm (v. t.)
To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.
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Farm (v. i.)
To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
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Mara (n.)
The principal or ruling evil spirit.
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Mara (n.)
A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
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Mara (n.)
The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).
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Marc (n.)
The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.
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Marc (n.)
A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
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Marc (n.)
A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
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Marc (n.)
A German coin and money of account. See Mark.