| biofeedback | (noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them | - |
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| birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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| bottlefeed | (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle | - |
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| breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| chickenfeed | (noun) a trifling sum of money | Synonyms: chump change, small change |
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| coffee | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown, umber |
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| (noun) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans | Synonyms: java |
| (noun) a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee | Synonyms: coffee bean, coffee berry |
| (noun) any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans | Synonyms: coffee tree |
| coffeeberry | (noun) evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits | Synonyms: California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus |
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| coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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| coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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| coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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| enfeeble | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, drain |
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| enfeeblement | (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy | Synonyms: debilitation, enervation, exhaustion |
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| enfeebling | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, weakening |
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| fee | (noun) a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services | - |
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| (noun) an interest in land capable of being inherited | - |
| (verb) give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on | Synonyms: bung, tip |
| feeble | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) lacking strength | Synonyms: nerveless |
| (adjective) lacking strength or vigor | Synonyms: faint |
| (adjective) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | Synonyms: lame |
| feebleminded | (adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: backward, half-witted, slow-witted |
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| feeblemindedness | (noun) severe mental deficiency | - |
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| feebleness | (noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance | Synonyms: tenuity |
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| (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
| feebly | (adverb) in a halting and feeble manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a faint and feeble manner | - |
| feed | (noun) food for domestic livestock | Synonyms: provender |
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| (verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
| (verb) introduce continuously | Synonyms: feed in |
| (verb) take in food; used of animals only | Synonyms: eat |
| (verb) give food to | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) serve as food for; be the food for | - |
| (verb) feed into; supply | - |
| (verb) provide as food | - |
| (verb) gratify | Synonyms: feast |
| (verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner | Synonyms: prey |
| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: course, flow, run |
| (verb) support or promote | - |
| feedback | (noun) response to an inquiry or experiment | - |
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| (noun) the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output | - |
| feedbag | (noun) a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head | Synonyms: nosebag |
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| feeder | (noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening | - |
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| (noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food | - |
| (noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | Synonyms: self-feeder |
| (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary |
| (noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: eater |
| feeding | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: eating |
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| (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: alimentation |
| feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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| feedstock | (noun) the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
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| feel | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure | - |
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| (noun) a property perceived by touch | Synonyms: tactile property |
| (noun) an intuitive awareness | - |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state | - |
| (verb) come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude | - |
| (verb) examine by touch | Synonyms: finger |
| (verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: palpate |
| (verb) pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | - |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: experience |
| (verb) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles | Synonyms: sense |
| (verb) undergo passive experience of | - |
| (verb) produce a certain impression | - |
| (verb) grope or feel in search of something | - |
| (verb) find by testing or cautious exploration | - |
| (verb) be felt or perceived in a certain way | - |
| feeler | (noun) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | Synonyms: antenna |
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| (noun) slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | Synonyms: barbel |
| (noun) sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | Synonyms: antenna |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, approach, overture |
| feeling | (noun) the experiencing of affective and emotional states | - |
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| (noun) an intuitive understanding of something | Synonyms: intuitive feeling |
| (noun) a physical sensation that you experience | - |
| (noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | Synonyms: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation |
| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, impression, notion, opinion |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| feelingly | (adverb) with great feeling | - |
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| feelings | (noun) emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity) | - |
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| feetfirst | (adverb) with the feet foremost | - |
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| overfeed | (verb) feed excessively | - |
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| overfeeding | (noun) excessive feeding | - |
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| ratafee | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafia |
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| spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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| (verb) feed with a spoon | - |
| spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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| (noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |
| toffee | (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | Synonyms: brittle, toffy |
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| unfeeling | (adjective) devoid of feeling or sensation | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: hardhearted, stonyhearted |
| unfeelingly | (adverb) without compassionate feelings | - |
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| (adverb) in a callous way | Synonyms: callously |
| unfeelingness | (noun) devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | Synonyms: callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility |
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