fergusonite
- n a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
feria
- n a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday - n (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
fermat
- n French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665)
fermata
- n a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount
- n (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest
ferment
- n a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
the political ferment produced new leadership - n a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
- n a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- v be in an agitated or excited state
The Middle East is fermenting
Her mind ferments - v work up into agitation or excitement
Islam is fermenting Africa - v cause to undergo fermentation
We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content - v go sour or spoil
fermentation
- n a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- n a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
fermentation alcohol
- n the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
fermenting
- n a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- v be in an agitated or excited state
The Middle East is fermenting - v work up into agitation or excitement
Islam is fermenting Africa - v cause to undergo fermentation
- v go sour or spoil