| fishhawk | <zoology> The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Synonym: fishing eagle, and bald buzzard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fishhook | 1. A hook for catching fish. 2. A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishify | To change to fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishiness | The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishing | 1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. 2. A fishery. Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing. Fishing line, a line used in catching fish. Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc. Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling. Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing. Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc. Fishing tube, a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid. Origin: From Fishing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishlike | Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish. "A very ancient and fishlike smell." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fishman-Lerner unit | A unit of serum acid phosphatase activity based upon measurement of the amount of phenol released from a phenylphosphate substrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fishmonger | A dealer in fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishskin | 1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc) <medicine> See: ichthyosis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishwife | A fishwoman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishwoman | A woman who retails fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishy | 1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. 2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fissigemmation | <biology> A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation. Origin: L. Fissus (p.p. Of findere to split) + E. Gemmation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fissile | Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. "This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone." (Sir I. Newton) Origin: L. Fissilis, fr. Fissus, p.p. Of findere to split. See Fissure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fissile material | <radiobiology> Material containing a large number of easily fissionable nuclei which give off multiple neutrons in the fission process. Usual meaning is that if a sufficiently large amount of fissile material is put together, a fission chain reaction can occur. Sometimes used synonymously with fissionable material, i.e., material that can be fissioned (though often under restricted circumstances, such as only with thermal (slow) neutrons). A more restricted meaning use of fissile material limits the concept to those materials which can be fissioned by neutrons of all energies (fast & slow). Examples include Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239. (09 Oct 1997) |