fecundation
- n creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- n making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
fecundity
- n the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- n the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- n the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
federal home loan mortgage corporation
- n a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
federal housing administration
- n the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
fed
- n any federal law-enforcement officer
- n the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
- v provide as food
- v give food to
- v feed into; supply
- v introduce continuously
- v support or promote
His admiration fed her vanity - v take in food; used of animals only
- v serve as food for; be the food for
- v move along, of liquids
- v profit from in an exploitatory manner
- v gratify
- v provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
fedayeen
- n (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel
fedayeen saddam
- n a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents