(inorganic chemistry) A hypothetical acid, with chemical formula H₂FeO₄, known only as its salts.

(transitive) To discover something after searching.

(nautical) A ferry that is pulled through the water via an attached chain.

(UK media) A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position.

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.

Alternative form of ferryboat

plural of ferry boat

plural of ferry-boat

(biology) Fertilization involving the fusion of the male and female gametes outside the bodies of the reproducing individuals.

(biology) Fertilization achieved via copulation, primarily in mammals.