An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
n. (pl. -ies) 1 place where fish are caught or reared.
- industry of fishing or breeding fish.
FISHEYE
lens n. Very wide-angle lens with a highly-curved front.
FISHING
n. Catching fish.
FISHNET
n. (often attrib.) Open-meshed fabric (fishnet stockings).
FISSILE
adj. - capable of undergoing nuclear fission.
- tending to split. [latin: related to *fissure]
FISSION
bomb n. Atomic bomb.
- —n. - splitting of a heavy atomic nucleus, with a release of energy.
- cell division as a mode of reproduction. —v. (cause to) undergo fission. fissionable adj. [latin: related to *fissure]
FISSURE
—n. Crack or split, usu. Long and narrow. —v. (-ring) split, crack. [latin findo fiss- cleave]
FISTULA
n. (pl. -s or -lae) abnormal or artificial passage between an organ and the body surface or between two organs. fistular adj. Fistulous adj. [latin, = pipe]
FITMENT
n. (usu. In pl.) Fixed item of furniture.
FITTING
—n. - trying-on of a garment etc. For adjustment before completion.
- (in pl.) Fixtures and fitments of a building. —adj. Proper, becoming, right. fittingly adv.
