| fecula | Origin: L.faeula burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. Of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. Fecule. Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; called also amylaceous fecula. The green matter of plants; chlorophyll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| feculent | Foul. Origin: L. Faeculentus, full of excrement, fr. Faeces, dregs, faeces (05 Mar 2000) |
| fecund | Fruitful. Just as a writer is prolific, a woman may be fecund, able to reproduce plentifully. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fecundability | <gynaecology> The ability to become pregnant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fecundate | 1. To make fruitful or prolific. 2. <biology> To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. Origin: L. Fecundare, fr. Fecundus. See Fecund. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fecundation | <biology> The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization. Origin: Cf. F. Fecondation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fecundify | To make fruitful; to fecundate. Origin: Fecund + -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fecundity | <biology, gynaecology> A measure of fertility, such as sperm count or egg count or the number of live offspring produced by an organism. (09 Oct 1997) |