| Fechner |
German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)
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| feticide |
aborticide: the act of destroying a fetus
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| fetid |
offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
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| feral |
wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
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| feel |
undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" find: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike" have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; palpate: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room" spirit: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" tactile property: a property perceived by touch produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again" manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
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