An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.

A man who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological father.

The state of being a father.

(biology) a diagram of an embryo of some organism showing the structures that will develop from each part

Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.

(rare) simple past tense and past participle of fate

The country of one's ancestors. / The country of one's birth, origin.

Without a (living) father. / (figuratively) Without a known author or inventor.

(pathology) A condition characterized by immune, endocrine and neurologic pathology whose main symptoms are extreme fatigue, extremely low stamina, muscle pain, lymph node swelling, postexertional malaise, and cognitive difficulties.

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. / (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.