feces

feces
n
1. waste matter, excrement, excreta, stools, waste, dirt; dung, manure, compost, ordure, guano, droppings, Inf. do, Sl. load, Sl. doo-doo; cow or buffalo chips, Brit. cow-pat, U.S. West cow pies, Sl. flops, coprolites, coproliths.
2. dregs, sediment, residue, grounds, lees, heeltap; dross, scum, off-scum, skimmings, slag, sprue, scoria, sludge, bilge; detritus, loess, debris, drift, moraine; chaff, clippings, trimmings, garbage, slough, scurf; refuse, waste, sewage, drainage; slops, swill, pigswill, hogwash, draff; feculence, muck, filth, dirt, mud, offal.

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  • fèces — [ fɛs ] n. f. pl. • 1515; lat. fæces, de fæx « lie, excrément » 1 ♦ Pharm. (Chim. anc.) Lie qui se dépose au fond d un récipient contenant un liquide trouble qu on laisse reposer. 2 ♦ Physiol. Excréments solides de l homme et des animaux, formés… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fécès — fèces [ fɛs ] n. f. pl. • 1515; lat. fæces, de fæx « lie, excrément » 1 ♦ Pharm. (Chim. anc.) Lie qui se dépose au fond d un récipient contenant un liquide trouble qu on laisse reposer. 2 ♦ Physiol. Excréments solides de l homme et des animaux,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • feces — FECES. s. f. p. Terme de Chimie, & de Medecine, Le marc, la lie qui restent dans l alembic, aprés la distillation. Jetter les feces qui sont demeurées dans l alembic …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Feces — Fe ces, n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See {F[AE]ces}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Feces — (lat.), so v.w. Faeces …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • fèces — m fiziol., {{c=1}}v. {{ref}}fekalije{{/ref}} ✧ {{001f}}lat …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • feces — also faeces, c.1400, dregs, from L. faeces sediment, dregs, pl. of faex (gen. faecis) grounds, sediment, lees, dregs, of unknown origin. Specific sense of human excrement is from 1630s …   Etymology dictionary

  • feces — fèces m DEFINICIJA fiziol., v. fekalije ETIMOLOGIJA lat. faeces: izmetine ← faex: izmetina, talog …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • feces — (Brit. faeces) ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ waste matter remaining after food has been digested, discharged from the bowels. DERIVATIVES fecal adjective. ORIGIN Latin, plural of faex dregs …   English terms dictionary

  • feces — [fē′sēz΄] pl.n. [L faeces, pl. of faex, dregs, lees] waste matter expelled from the bowels; excrement …   English World dictionary

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