GLOSSARY. 



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Fascic'ulate (Lat. fascic'ulus,s, small 

 bundle). Arranged in small 

 bundles or clusters. 



Fasci'ne (Lat. fas'cia, a band). A 

 fagot used in military operations for 

 raising batteries, filling ditches, &c. 



Fau'ces (Lat. faux, the jaws). The 

 opening by which the back part of 

 the mouth communicates with the 

 pharynx. 



Fault (Lat. fallo, I deceive or fail). 

 A failing ; in geology, an inter- 

 ruption of the continuity of strata. 



Fauna (Lat. Faunus). The entire 

 collection of animals peculiar to a 

 country. 



Favose (Lat. favus, a honey-comb). 

 Resembling a honey-comb. 



Favus (Lat. a honey-comb). A 

 disease of the skin, popularly known 

 as scald head. 



Feather-edged. In architecture, 

 made thin at one edge. 



Febric'ula (Lat. febris, a fever ; ula, 

 denoting smallness). A slight 

 fever. 



Feb'rifuge (Lat./e&m, a fever ; fugo, 

 I drive away). Diminishing or 

 preventing fever. 



Fe'brile (Lat. febris, a fever). Re- 

 lating to, or indicating fever. 



Fec'ula (Lat. fi?x, dregs ; ula, de- 

 noting smallness). Starch. 



Fec'ulent (Lat. fcecula, small dregs). 

 Containing dregs or sediment. 



Fe'cundate (Lat. fecun'dus, fruitful). 

 To make fruitful. 



Fecun'dity (Lat. fecun'dus, fruitful). 

 Fruitfulness ; power of producing. 



Feld'spar (Germ, feld, afield ; spar). 

 The soft part of granite ; consisting 

 of a mixture of alumina, lime, 

 and potash or soda, with silicic 

 acid. 



Feldspath'ic (Feld'spar). Consisting 

 of, or abounding in feldspar. 



Feline (Lat. fe'lis, a cat) . Belonging 

 to cats, or to the cat tribe. 



Fel'spar Felspath'ic. See Feld- 

 spar and Feldspath'ic. 



Fem'oral (Lat. femur, the thigh). 

 Belonging to the thigh. 



Femur (Lat). In anatomy, the thigh- 

 bone ; in entomology, the third joint 

 of the leg in insects. 



Fenes'tra (Lat. a window). A term 

 applied in anatomy to two small 

 openings in the bones of the ear. 



Fenes'tral (Lat. fenes'tra, a window). 

 Having openings like a window. 



Fenes'trate (Lat. fenes'tra, a window). 

 Belonging to, or resembling a 

 window. 



Ferae (Lat. fera, a wild beast). An 

 order of mammalia in the Linnaean 

 classification. 



Ferment (Lat. fer'vco, I boil). That 

 which causes fermentation. 



Fermenta'tion (Lat. fermentum, 

 leaven). A peculiar change 01 

 organic substances, by a rearrange- 

 ment of their elements under the 

 agency of an external disturbing 

 force, different from ordinary chemi- 

 cal attraction. 



Fer'reous (Lat. ferrum, iron). Re- 

 lating to or consisting of iron. 



Fer'ric (Lat. ferrum, iron). Derived 

 from iron. 



Ferriferous (Lat. ferrum, iron ; fero, 

 I bear). Producing iron. 



Ferro- (Lat. ferrum, iron). A prefix 

 denoting that iron enters into the 

 composition of the substance named. 



Ferru'ginous (Lat. ferrum, iron ; 

 gigno, I produce). Producing or 

 yielding iron. 



Fertilisa'tion (Lat. fero, I bear). In 

 botany, the application of pollen to 

 the stigma of a plant. 



Fertilise (Lat. fero, I bear). To 

 make fruitful or productive, 



Fetal (Lat. fcetus, the young of a 

 creature). Belonging to the fcetus. 



Fetus or Foetus (Lat). The young 

 unborn animal, in which all the 

 parts of the body are formed. 



Fibre (Lat. fibra, a small sprout). 

 A thread ; a minute slender 

 structure entering into the com- 

 position of various parts of animals 

 and vegetables. 



Fi'bril (Lat. fibra, a small sprout ; 

 il, denoting smallness). A minute 

 fibre. 



Fi'brin (Fibre}. An organic sub- 

 stance found in the blood, which 

 forms, on removal, long white 

 elastic filaments. 



Fi'bro-car'tilage (Fibre; cartilage). 



