female | (noun) an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | - |
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(noun) a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | Synonyms: female person |
femaleness | (noun) the properties characteristic of the female sex | Synonyms: feminineness |
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feminine | (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female | - |
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feminineness | (noun) the properties characteristic of the female sex | Synonyms: femaleness |
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femininity | (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | Synonyms: muliebrity |
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feminisation | (noun) the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration | Synonyms: feminization |
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feminism | (noun) the movement aimed at equal rights for women | Synonyms: feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement |
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(noun) a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women | - |
feminist | (noun) a supporter of feminism | Synonyms: libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist |
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feminization | (noun) the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration | Synonyms: feminisation |
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femoris | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femur, thighbone |
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femtochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses | - |
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femtometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometre, fermi |
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femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
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femtovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a picovolt) | - |
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femur | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femoris, thighbone |
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