English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 80 of 373

femmenoun

A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.

femme fannoun

A female fan, particularly of science fiction.

femme fatalenoun

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

femme incomprisenoun

A misunderstood or unappreciated woman.

Femme&M'snoun

Alternative spelling of Fem&M's.

femme-yadj

Alternative form of femmy.

femmenessnoun

The state or quality of being femme.

femmephobianoun

Dislike of, or hostility towards, women and/or individuals who present as feminine (femmes).

femmephobicadj

Exhibiting or relating to femmephobia.

femmeradj

Thin, fragile.

femmeslashnoun

Alternative form of femslash.

femmienoun

A feminist.

femminiellonoun

A member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.

femmunistnoun

A person with feminist and communist beliefs.

femmyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).

femocracynoun

A feminist clique that focuses on its own interests rather than those of women in general.

femocratnoun

A female politician or senior civil servant; a female bureaucrat in an agency dealing with women's issues.

femoidnoun

A woman, occasionally referring to the especially hypergamous.

femoirnoun

A memoir by a woman.

femonationalismnoun

The association of a nationalist ideology with feminism, especially when having xenophobic motivations.

femonationalistadj

Related to, characteristic of, or espousing femonationalism.

femopausenoun

Synonym of menopause.

femophobianoun

Fear or disavowal of one's own feminine qualities.

femoraladj

Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

femoral arterynoun

The main artery of the thigh that originates as the continuation of the external iliac artery distal to the inguinal ligament and terminates as the popliteal artery as it passes through the adductor hiatus.

femoro-prefix

femur

femoroabdominaladj

Relating to the femur and abdomen.

femoroacetabularadj

Relating to the femur and the acetabulum

femorocaudaladj

Relating to the femur and the tail.

femorocruraladj

Relating to the thigh (or the femur) and the leg

femorodistaladj

distal to the thigh (or to the femur)

femorofibularadj

Relating to the femur and the fibula.

femoropatellaradj

Relating to the femur and patella.

femoropelvicadj

femoral and pelvic

femoroplastynoun

The removal of bony abnormalities from, and subsequent reshaping of the femur

femoropoplitealadj

Relating to the femur and popliteus.

femorotibialadj

Relating to the femur and tibia.

femorotibialisnoun

The femorotibial joint

femorrhoidnoun

A term of abuse against women.

femospherenoun

The totality of blogs, websites, and communities associated with conservative feminists and femcels.

femoxetinenoun

An SSRI related to paroxetine.

FemQuisname

Synonym of Femquisitor.

Femquisitorname

The female version of the Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.

feMRAnoun

A female men's rights activist (MRA).

FemShepname

The female version of the Commander Shepard player character in the Mass Effect series.

femslashnoun

Slash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female characters.

femslashernoun

A person who writes femslash and/or supports female/female ships.

femspeaknoun

The characteristic jargon of feminists and feminist discourse.

femsplainverb

To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.

femsplainernoun

One (especially a woman) who femsplains.

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