(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.

(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.

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.

Alternative form of ferryboat

genus Gymnocarpium (syn Thelypteris)