Feme (n.) A woman.
Femeral (n.) See Femerell.
Femerell (n.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.
Feminal (a.) Feminine.
Feminality (n.) Feminity.
Feminate (a.) Feminine.
Femineity (n.) Womanliness; femininity.
Feminine (a.) Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
Feminine (a.) Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.
Feminine rhyme () See Female rhyme, under Female, a.
Feminine (n.) A woman.
Feminine (n.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
Femininely (adv.) In a feminine manner.
Feminineness (n.) The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.
Femininity (n.) The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.
Femininity (n.) The female form.
Feminity (n.) Womanliness; femininity.
Feminization (n.) The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
Feminize (v. t.) To make womanish or effeminate.
Feminye (n.) The people called Amazons.
Femme (n.) A woman. See Feme, n.
Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery.
Femora (pl. ) of Femur
Femur (n.) The thigh bone.
Femur (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
Fen (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
Fence (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
Fencing (imp. & p. p. Fenced (/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence
Fence (v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
Fence (v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
Fenceful (a.) Affording defense; defensive.
Fenceless (a.) Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.
Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
Fenci-ble (a.) Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.
Fencible (n.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
Fencing (n.) The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
Fencing (v. i.) Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
Fencing (v. i.) The materials used for building fences.
Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.
Fencing (v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
Fen cricket () The mole cricket.
Fend (n.) A fiend.
Fended (imp. & p. p.) of Fend
Fending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fend
Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
Fender (v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
Fendliche (a.) Fiendlike.
Fenerate (v. i.) To put money to usury; to lend on interest.
Feneration (n.) The act of fenerating; interest.
Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.
Fenestrae (pl. ) of Fenestra
Fenestra (n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
Fenestral (a.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.
Fenestral (a.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.
Fenestral (n.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.
Fenestrate (a.) Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.
Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.
Fenestrated (a.) Having windows; characterized by windows.
Fenestrated (a.) Same as Fenestrate.
Fenestration (n.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.
Fenestration (n.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
Fenestrule (n.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
Fengite (n.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.
Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.
Fenian (a.) Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
Fenianism (n.) The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.
Fenks (n.) The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue.
Fennec (n.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.
Fennel (n.) A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
Fennish (a.) Abounding in fens; fenny.
Fenny (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.
Fenowed (a.) Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed.
Fensi-ble (a.) Fencible.
Fen-sucked (a.) Sucked out of marches.
Fenugreek (n.) A plant (trigonella Foenum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are
Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.
Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.
Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.
Feodary (n.) An accomplice.
Feodary (n.) An ancient officer of the court of wards.
Feodatory (n.) See Feudatory.
Feoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Feoff
Feoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feoff
Feoff (v. t.) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Feoff (n.) A fief. See Fief.
Feoffee (n.) The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.
Feoffment (n.) The grant of a feud or fee.
Feoffment (n.) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.