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  • English Word Fernticle Definition A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
  • English Word Ferny Definition Abounding in ferns.
  • English Word Ferocious Definition Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.
  • English Word Ferocity Definition Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
  • English Word Feroher Definition A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc.
  • English Word Ferous Definition Wild; savage.
  • English Word Ferrandine Definition A stuff made of silk and wool.
  • English Word Ferrara Definition A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • English Word Ferrarese Definition Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.
  • English Word Ferrarese Definition A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.
  • English Word Ferrary Definition The art of working in iron.
  • English Word Ferrate Definition A salt of ferric acid.
  • English Word Ferre Definition Alt. of Ferrer
  • English Word Ferreous Definition Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.
  • English Word Ferrer Definition compar. of Fer.
  • English Word Ferrest Definition superl. of Fer.
  • English Word Ferret Definition An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
  • English Word Ferret Definition To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
  • English Word Ferret Definition A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
  • English Word Ferret Definition The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.
  • English Word Ferret-eye Definition The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.
  • English Word Ferreted Definition of Ferret
  • English Word Ferreter Definition One who ferrets.
  • English Word Ferreting Definition of Ferret
  • English Word Ferretto Definition Copper sulphide, used to color glass.
  • English Word Ferri- Definition A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as, ferricyanide.
  • English Word Ferriage Definition The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
  • English Word Ferric Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid.
  • English Word Ferricyanate Definition A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.
  • English Word Ferricyanic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.