GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/famine (last access: 3 September 2014); http://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/data/AP2005_VOL0/EN/Vol0_en.pdf (last access: 12 March 2013); DORLAND. N: 1. mid-14c., from Old French famine “hunger” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin famina, from Latin fames “hunger, starvation, famine,” of unknown origin. 2. Famine refers to an episode of starvation that is attended by

GC: n S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142171/ (last access: 14 December 2023); WebMD – https://www.webmd.com/obesity/ss/slideshow-fasting-overview (last access: 14 December 2023). N: 1. – fast (n): “act of fasting,” late Old English fæsten “voluntary abstinence from food and drink or from certain kinds of food,” especially, but not necessarily, as a religious

GC: adj S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/ (last access: 6 June 2015); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457914003037 (last access: 6 June 2015). N: 1. late 14c., “decreed by fate,” also “fraught with fate,” from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis “ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly,” from fatum; sense of “causing

GC: n S: MAYO – https://mayocl.in/1JPq7NK (last access: 14 June 2016); MedicineNet.com – https://bit.ly/2S8OaDh (last access: 14 June 2016). N: 1. 1660s, “that which causes weariness,” from French fatigue “weariness,” from fatiguer “to tire” (15c.), from Latin fatigare “to weary, to tire out,” originally “to cause to break down,” from

GC: n S: MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/healthy-baby/art-20047741 (last access: 22 December 2024); WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/infant-and-young-child-feeding (last access: 22 December 2024). N: 1. “act of taking food,” Old English feding, verbal noun from feed (v.). Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since

GC: n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3481e/i3481e.pdf (last access: 1 January 2016); WHO – http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/complementary_feeding/en/ (last access: 1 January 2016). N: 1. “Act of taking food,” Old English feding, verbal noun from feed (v.). Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since

GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/felid (last access: 11 September 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152389/ (last access: 11 September 2024). N: 1. New Latin Felidae, family name, from Felis, genus of cats, from Latin, cat. First Known Use: circa 1889. 2. felid (noun): cat (sense 1b); felid (adjective). any of a

See felid, and please read remarks.

GC: n S: UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58002.html (last access: 14 November 2013); WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ (last access: 16 December 2014); https://www.gov.uk/female-genital-mutilation (last access: 17 December 2014). N: 1. . female (n): early 14c., from Old French femelle “woman, female” (12c.), from Medieval Latin femella “a female,” from Latin femella “young female,

GC: n S: BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml (last access: 10 November 2013); http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/femaleinfanticide.html (last access: 23 August 2015). N: 1. Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of girl babies. 2. Female infanticide is more common than male infanticide, and in some countries, particularly India and China, is likely to have serious

GC: n S: BBC –  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67489395 (last access: 11 January 2024); NBC –https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fentanyl-stimulants-drives-fourth-wave-overdose-epidemic-us-rcna104953 (last access: 11 January 2024). N: 1. The term fentanyl is apparently formed within English, by derivation. It is formed by comb. form phen- + the noun anilide which is a species of alkalamide + the suffix

GC: n CT: The word “fermentation” has undergone many changes in meaning during the past hundred years. According to the derivation of the term, it signifies merely a gentle bubbling or boiling condition. The term was first applied when the only known reaction of this kind was the production of

GC: n S: Yale – http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/7/82.07.08.x.html (last access: 16 May 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12858480 (last access: 16 May 2016). N: 1. late 14c., “the young while in the womb or egg” (tending to mean vaguely the embryo in the later stage of development), from Latin fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) “the

GC: n S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/otc-pain-relief-10/cold-flu-fever-reducers (last access: 7 December 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394829/ (last access: 23 June 2024). N: 1. earlier also feaver, late Old English fefor, fefer “fever, temperature of the body higher than normal,” from Latin febris “fever,” related to fovere “to warm, heat,” probably from PIE

GC: n S: NMCTH.EDU – http://www.nmcth.edu/images/gallery/Editorial/Hbrpeajha.pdf (last access: 17 December 2015); NEWS-MEDICAL.NET – http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Filariasis.aspx (last access: 17 December 2015). N: 1. From Latin filum which means ‘thread’. From Greek osis which means ‘condition’. 2. Filariasis, a group of infectious disorders caused by threadlike nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea, that invade

See forest fire

GC: n S: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firstaid.html (last access: 6 October 2015); http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/ (last access: 6 October 2015). N: 1. First Aid: The immediate but temporary care given on site to the victims of an accident or sudden illness in order to avert complications, lessen suffering, and sustain life until competent services or

GC: n S: ARC – http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family/get-kit/anatomy (last access: 4 November 2014); http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/firstaid_kit.html (last access: 6 August 2015). N: 1. Compound term. First: from Old English fyrst “foremost,” superlative of fore; from Proto-Germanic furisto-. Aid: from Old French aide, earlier aiudha “aid, help, assistance” (9c.), from Late Latin adjuta. Kit: late

GC: n S: NatGeo – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish (last access: 12 September 2024); UHManoa – https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/fish/what-fish (last access: 12 September 2024). N: 1. “a vertebrate which has gills and fins adapting it for living in the water,” Old English fisc “fish,” from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/vector237to261.pdf (last access: 28 February 2016); Hastings – https://www.hastings.gov.uk/environment_planning/animals_pests/pest/fleas/ (last access: 28 February 2016). N: 1. Old English flea “flea,” from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (cognates: Old Norse flo, Middle Dutch vlo, German Floh), perhaps related to Old English fleon “to flee,” with a notion of “the

GC: n S: BBC – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2217251.stm (last access: 31 January 2014); Suisca – https://www.suiscagroup.com/en/noticias/floating-docks-for-ships/ (last access: 16 June 2024). N: 1.- floating (adj): From verb “float”, late Old English flotian “to rest on the surface of water” (intransitive; class II strong verb; past tense fleat, past participle floten), from Proto-Germanic *flotan

GC: n S: http://www.thewatertreatmentplants.com/flocculation.html (last access: 7 August 2015); http://water.me.vccs.edu/courses/ENV110/Lesson4_print.htm (last access: 7 August 2015). N: 1. 1885, from flocculate (1877, from flocculus; 1799, from Modern Latin diminutive of Latin floccus “flock of wool”) + -ate (word-forming element used in forming nouns from Latin words ending in -atus, -atum; those

GC: n S: http://www.ready.gov/floods (last access: 15 December 2013); http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/floods/what-is-a-flood.html (last access: 25 August 2015). N: 1. Old English flod “a flowing of water, flood, an overflowing of land by water, Noah’s Flood; mass of water, river, sea, wave,” from Proto-Germanic *floduz “flowing water, deluge” (cognates: Old Frisian flod, Old

GC: n S: MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a689006.html (last access: 23 February 2025); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459223/ (last access: 23 February 2025). N: 1. CAS Number: 54910-89-3. Chemical formula: C17H18F3NO. Prozac (n): 1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries. 2. Prozac. Also known as: fluoxetine, fluoxetine hydrochloride. Prozac,