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Adjective
/ˈfēˌmāl/,
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Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes,
  1. Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes
    • - a herd of female deer
  2. Relating to or characteristic of women or female animals
    • - a female audience
    • - a female name
  3. (of a plant or flower) Having a pistil but no stamens

  4. (of parts of machinery, fittings, etc.) Manufactured hollow so that a corresponding male part can be inserted

Noun
  1. A female person, animal, or plant

  1. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
  2. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
  3. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
  4. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
  5. for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
  6. Female (♀) is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova (egg cells).
  7. is a 2005 release consisting of five short films by different directors, each based on a short story by a female author.
  8. Plant sexuality covers the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes morphological aspects of sexual reproduction of plants.
  9. Female is a 1933 Warner Bros. pre-code film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ruth Chatterton and George Brent.
  10. Someone or something of feminine sex or gender; Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made); Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe ...
  11. (Females) 14 years and older: 14 mg
  12. (Females) Our Female Rottweilers
  13. Any part, such as a nut or fitting, into which another part can be inserted. Internal threads are female.
  14. Genetic distance of the SNP derived from the female-specific linkage map.
  15. n.s. [femelle, French; femella, Latin.] A she; one of the sex which brings young.
  16. pistillate organs of a flower; or flowers which only contain (functionally) pistillate organs (style, stigma, ovary).
  17. Female factors in infertility are most commonly ovulation disorders. Without ovulation, eggs are not available for fertilisation. Problems with ovulation are signalled by irregular menstrual periods or a lack of periods altogether (called amenorrhoea ). ...
  18. A term applied to a connector that contains the holes or slots for receiving the pins, prongs, blades or tabs of a male connector. The female connector should always be attached to the line side of a circuit.
  19. When applied to an embossing pattern that is engraved into the surface of an embossing roller or plate, "female" means that the pattern is composed of elements that are recessed into a flat background, like potholes in pavement. ...
  20. One of several species of fur-covered tripods used for stimulating rubies.
  21. Cervicitis · Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  22. In molding practice, the indented half of a hold designed to receive the male half.
  23. The enactment of womyn as individuals who possess agency and autonomy.
  24. Thumb of [A dot] brushes down chin once.
  25. a certain phase in the kemmering process; a female animal