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2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests

— fem·i·nist noun or adjective

femme fa·tale noun, plural femmes fa·tales [ORIGIN: F, lit., disastrous woman]

: a seductive woman

fe·mur noun, plural fe·murs or fem·o·ra : the long leg bone extending from the hip to the knee

— fem·o·ral adjective

fen noun : low swampy land

Synonyms

bog, marsh, mire, morass, slough, swamp—more at SWAMP

1fence noun [ORIGIN: ME fens, short for defens defense]

1 : a barrier (as of wood or wire) to prevent escape or entry or to mark a boundary

2 : a person who receives stolen goods; also : a place where stolen goods are disposed of

— on the fence

: in a position of neutrality or indecision

Synonyms

barrier, hedge, wall—more at BARRIER

2fence verb fenced; fenc·ing 1 : to enclose with a fence

2 : to keep in or out with a fence

3 : to practice fencing

4 : to use tactics of attack and defense esp. in debate

— fenc·er noun

Synonyms usually fence in

cage, corral, enclose, hedge, pen

fenc·ing noun 1 : the art or practice of attack and defense with the foil, épée, or saber

2 : the fences of a property or region

3 : material used for building fences

fend verb 1 : to keep or ward off : REPEL

2 : SHIFT <~ for yourself>

Synonyms usually fend off

repel, repulse, stave off—more at REPEL

fend·er noun : a protective device (as a guard over the wheel of an automobile)

Synonyms

buffer, bumper, cushion, pad—more at CUSHION

fen·es·tra·tion noun : the arrangement and design of windows and doors in a building

Fe·ni·an noun : a member of a secret 19th century Irish and Irish-American organization dedicated to overthrowing British rule in Ireland

fen·nel noun : a garden plant related to the carrot and grown for its aromatic foliage and seeds

FEPC abbreviation Fair Employment Practices Commission

fe·ral adjective 1 : SAVAGE

2 : not domesticated or cultivated : WILD 1

3 : having escaped from domestication and become wild

Synonyms

savage, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed, wild—more at WILD

fer–de–lance noun, plural fer–de–lance [ORIGIN: F, lit., lance iron, spearhead]

: a large venomous pit viper of Central and So. America

1ferment verb 1 : to cause or undergo fermentation

2 : to be or cause to be in a state of agitation or intense activity

2ferment noun 1 : a living organism (as a yeast) causing fermentation by its enzymes; also : ENZYME

2 : a state of unrest

Synonyms

disquiet, restlessness, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest—more at UNREST

fer·men·ta·tion noun 1 : chemical decomposition of an organic substance (as in the souring of milk or the formation of alcohol from sugar) by enzymatic action in the absence of oxygen often with formation of gas

2 : FERMENT 2

fer·mi·um noun : an artificially produced radioactive metallic chemical element

fern noun : any of an order of vascular plants resembling seed plants in having roots, stems, and leaflike fronds but reproducing by spores instead of by flowers and seeds

fern·ery noun, plural -er·ies 1 : a place for growing ferns

2 : a collection of growing ferns

fe·ro·cious adjective 1 : exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality

2 : extremely intense

— fe·ro·cious·ly adverb

— fe·ro·cious·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] fell, fierce, grim, savage, vicious—more at FIERCE

[2] deep, fearful, heavy, intense, profound

fe·roc·i·ty noun : the quality or state of being ferocious

1ferret noun : a partially domesticated usu. white European mammal related to the weasels

2ferret verb 1 : to hunt game with ferrets

2 : to drive out of a hiding place

3 : to find and bring to light by searching <~ out the truth>

fer·ric adjective : of, relating to, or containing iron

ferric oxide noun : an oxide of iron found in nature as hematite and as rust and used esp. as a pigment, for polishing, and in magnetic materials

Fer·ris wheel noun : an amusement device consisting of a large upright power-driven wheel