feeding on bees APIVOROUS 184
feeding on blood HEMATOPHAGOUS 99,183
feeding on dead flesh CARRION 41
feeding on dead flesh NECROPHAGOUS 169,184
feeding on decaying organic matter SAPROPHAGOUS 184
feeding on dung COPROPHAGOUS 183
feeding on fish PISCIVOROUS 184
feeding on flesh CARNIVOROUS 41,184
feeding on flesh SARCOPHAGOUS 184
feeding on fruit CARPOPHAGOUS 41,183
feeding on fruit FRUGIVOROUS 184
feeding on grain or seeds GRANIVOROUS 184
feeding on grasses GRAMINIVOROUS 184
feeding on insects CARNIVOROUS 41,184
feeding on insects INSECTIVOROUS 184
feeding on insects ENTOMOPHAGOUS 183
feeding on leaves PHYLLOPHAGOUS 184,192
feeding on plants HERBIVOROUS 184
feeding on plants PHYTOPHAGOUS 184,191
feeding on roots RHIZOPHAGOUS 184
feeding on solid food HOLOZOIC 217
feeding on wood XYLOPHAGOUS 184
feel high regard for RESPECT 205
feeling of dislike ANTIPATHY 79
feeling of high regard Esteem RESPECT 205
feeling of well-being EUPHORIA 33,189
feeling of ill-being DYSPHORIA 33,189
feldspar characterized by cleavages that differ slightly from 90 degrees OLIGOCLASE 165
feldspar characterized by perpendicular cleavages ORTHOCLASE 177
feldspar named for its oblique crystals ANORTHITE 3, 119, 177
female aircraft pilot AVIATRIX 30
female benefactor BENEFACTRESS 31'
female egg-bearing organ in red algae CARPOGONIUM 41, 88
female gametophyte produced by a megaspore MEGAGAMIETOPHYTE 83,139,191
female germ cell OOCYTE 40
female patron PATRONESS 143
female reproductive organ in algae and fungi 00GONIUM 88
female reproductive organ of ferns mosses ARCHEGONIUM 23, 88
female reproductive organs in a flower GYNOECIUM 13
female reproductive organ in a flower CARPEL 41
ferns with creeping rhizomes POLYPODY 165,182
fertilized oosphere OOSPORE 207
festive CONVIVIAL 37
fever PYREXIA 197
fifth element that pervaded all things QUINTESSENCE 160
fifth pair of cranial nerves each of which divides into three branches TRIGEMINAL 157
figurative use of a word TROPE 213
figurative use of words TROPOLOGY 67, 213
figure formed by two intersecting plane surfaces DIHEDRAL 155
figure formed by three intersecting plane surfaces TRIHEDRON 157
figure of speech TROPE 213
figure of speech having the name of one object replaced by another METONYMY 145,174
figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole SYNECDOCHE 107
figure of speech that uses exaggeration for rhetorical effect HYPERBOLE 108
figure of speech with an implied comparison METAPHOR 145,189
figure of speech with an expressed comparison SIMILE 220
figure remaining in a parallelogram, smaller parallelogram removed from one corner GNOMON 53
figure with two sides equal ISOSCELES 104
figures or objects shaped like a half-moon LUNETTE 136
filling volumes VOLUMINOUS 214
film containing microphotographs MICROFILM 137
films that correctly represent all colors PANCHROMATIC 48, 176
films treated to correctly represent all colors except red ORTHOCHROMATIC 48, 177
fine-grained rock APHANITE 3,119
finger or toe DACTYL 58
fingerprint DACTYLOGRAM 58

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