English dictionary: words starting with fer

abbreviation

Delaware (in official postal use).

adjective

(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.

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A feral cat

noun

A person with an unconventional appearance and lifestyle, and anti-establishment views.

Usage examples:

We expected bearded ferals chaining themselves to trees in protest

noun

A black mineral consisting of ferrous tungstate, typically occurring as elongated prisms.

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There were shops full of green and purple fluorite, ferberite and arsenopyrite, and spessartine and…

noun

A portable shrine containing the relics of a saint.

Usage examples:

St. swithun's feretory was probably placed behind the high altar.

noun

A portable shrine containing the relics of a saint.

Usage examples:

St. swithun's feretory was probably placed behind the high altar.

noun

(in spain and spanish-speaking america) a fair.

Usage examples:

Suzanne notes that up until a year ago only one booth at the local feria (fair - farmers' market) w…

adjective

Denoting an ordinary weekday, as opposed to one appointed for a festival or fast.

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These are usually referred to as festal responses, ferial responses keeping the chant in the treble…

noun

(in spain and spanish-speaking america) a fair.

Usage examples:

Suzanne notes that up until a year ago only one booth at the local feria (fair - farmers' market) w…

noun

(in india and other parts of asia) a foreigner, especially one with white skin.

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Europeans, too, are very little known here, and i heard the children continually calling out to us,…

noun

The state or quality of being wild or savage.

noun

The action, practice, or system of farming taxes or duties; the privilege or right of farming a tax or duty. also: the action of renting or leasing the management, duties, and profits of a company, office, or undertaking for a regular fixed payment.

noun

A pause of unspecified length on a note or rest.

Usage examples:

The rests, fermatas and sudden dynamic changes help to provide an element of surprise.

noun

A pause of unspecified length on a note or rest.

Usage examples:

The rests, fermatas and sudden dynamic changes help to provide an element of surprise.

verb

(of a substance) undergo fermentation.

Usage examples:

The drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol

noun

Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A period of political and religious ferment

noun

The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.

Usage examples:

The fermentation of organic matter by microorganisms in the gut

adjective

Causing fermentation (= a process of chemical change in food or drink because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol)

Usage examples:

When making bread, it's important to know the temperature at which the fermentative activity of yea…

verb

(of a substance) undergo fermentation.

Usage examples:

The drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol

noun

Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A period of political and religious ferment

noun

A container in which fermentation takes place.

Usage examples:

There are temperature controlled fermenters and storage tanks, and good new oak barrels for maturat…

verb

(of a substance) undergo fermentation.

Usage examples:

The drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol

noun

Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A period of political and religious ferment

noun

A container in which fermentation takes place.

Usage examples:

There are temperature controlled fermenters and storage tanks, and good new oak barrels for maturat…

verb

(of a substance) undergo fermentation.

Usage examples:

The drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol

noun

Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A period of political and religious ferment

noun

A unit of length equal to 10−15 metre (one femtometre), used in nuclear physics. it is similar to the diameter of a proton.

noun

A subatomic particle, such as a nucleon, which has half-integral spin and follows the statistical description given by fermi and dirac.

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In addition to electrons, the pauli exclusion principle applies to all sub-atomic particles with ha…

noun

A subatomic particle, such as a nucleon, which has half-integral spin and follows the statistical description given by fermi and dirac.

Usage examples:

In addition to electrons, the pauli exclusion principle applies to all sub-atomic particles with ha…

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 100, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. fermium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion.

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Scientists have for the first time literally shed light on properties of the radioactive element fe…