Female

fē′māl, adj. of the sex that produces young: pertaining to females: ( bot. ) having a pistil or fruit-bearing organ.— n. one of the female sex, a woman.— ns. Femal′ity , Feminal′ity , the female nature.— adj. Fem′inal .— n. Feminē′ity , the quality of being female.— adj. Fem′inine , pertaining to women: tender: womanly: ( gram. ) the gender denoting females.— adv. Fem′ininely .— ns. Fem′ininene ; Feminin′ity , the nature of the female sex.— Female screw , a screw cut upon the inward surface of a cylindrical hole in wood or metal; Feminine rhyme , a rhyme between words that terminate each in an unaccented syllable. [Fr. femelle —L. femella , dim. of femina , a woman.]