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Fertile PhasenounMWEthe time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)verified
Fertilization MembranenounMWEthe membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoonverified
Fertilized EggnounMWEan animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval lifeverified
Fertilized OvumnounMWE(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)verified
Fescue GrassnounMWEgrass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawnsverified
Fetal Alcohol SyndromenounMWEa congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancyverified
Fetal CirculationnounMWEthe system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetusverified
Fetal MembranenounMWEany membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetusverified
Fetal MonitornounMWEan electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirthverified
Fetal MovementnounMWEmotion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)verified
Fetid BugbanenounMWEbugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowersverified
Fetid HorehoundnounMWEill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowersverified
Fever TreenounMWEornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating feververified
Fiat MoneynounMWEmoney that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specieverified
Fiber Optic CablenounMWEa cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of lightverified
Fibre channelnounMWEA high performance serial link supporting its own, as well as higher-level protocols such as the small computer system interface, high performance parallel interface framing protocol and intelligent peripheral interface. The Fibre Channel standard addresses the need for very fast transfers of large amounts of information. The fast (up to 1 Giga byte per second) technology can be converted for LAN technology by adding a switch specified in the Fibre Channel standard that handles multipoint addressing. Fibre Channel gives users one port that supports both channel and network interfaces, unburdening the computers from large number of input and output (I/O) ports. Fibre Channel provides control and complete error checking over the link.verified
Fibre Optic CablenounMWEa cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of lightverified
Fibrous Dysplasia of BonenounMWEa disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesionsverified
Fibrous-Rooted BegonianounMWEany of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous rootsverified
Fibrovascular BundlenounMWEa unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloemverified
Fictional CharacternounMWEan imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)verified
Fictitious CharacternounMWEan imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)verified
Fictitious NamenounMWE(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporationverified
Fiddlehead FernnounMWENew World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green frondsverified
Fiddler CrabnounMWEburrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the maleverified
Fiduciary DutynounMWEthe legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiaryverified
Fiduciary RelationnounMWEthe legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matterverified
Field ArtillerynounMWEmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)verified
Field BalmnounMWEtrailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging basketsverified
Field BeannounMWEOld World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodderverified
Field CoilnounMWEthe electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machineverified
Field CropnounMWEa crop, other than fruits or vegetables, that is grown for agricultural purposesverified
Field EmissionnounMWEthe emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric fieldverified
Field GeneralnounMWE(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his teamverified
Field GuidenounMWEa guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the fieldverified
Field GunnounMWEmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)verified
Field IntensitynounMWEthe vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the fieldverified
Field LensnounMWEthe lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lensverified
Field LupinenounMWEwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlverified