A wife sending a short message to her husband:
It was just said on the news that they found a hideous corpse with a hollow head, a cigar among ugly rotten teeth and a bottle of liquor in his hand. I"m worried about you! Please, give me a ring...
—n. Small polecat used in catching rabbits, rats, etc. —v. - hunt with ferrets.
- (often foll. By out, about, etc.) Rummage; search out (secrets, criminals, etc.). [latin fur thief]
FERRIC
adj. - of iron.
- containing iron in a trivalent form. [latin ferrum iron]
FERRIS
wheel n. Tall revolving vertical wheel with passenger cars in fairgrounds etc. [ferris, name of its inventor]
FERVID
adj. Ardent, intense. fervidly adv. [latin: related to *fervent]
FERVOR
n. (brit. Fervour) passion, zeal. [latin: related to *fervent]
FESCUE
n. A pasture and fodder grass. [latin festuca stalk, straw]
FESTAL
adj. - joyous, merry.
- of a feast or festival. festally adv. [latin: related to *feast]
FESTER
v. - make or become septic.
- cause continuing anger or bitterness.
- rot, stagnate. [latin *fistula]
FETISH
n. - psychol. Abnormal object of sexual desire.
- a object worshipped by primitive peoples. B obsessional cause (makes a fetish of punctuality). fetishism n. Fetishist n. Fetishistic adj. [portuguese feitiço charm]
