fos
41fos´sil|like´ — fos|sil «FOS uhl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the hardened remains or traces of an animal or plant of a former age. Fossils of ferns are found in coal. 2. Figurative. a very old fashioned person, set in his ways: »That lecturer is an old fossil a… …
42fos|sil — «FOS uhl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the hardened remains or traces of an animal or plant of a former age. Fossils of ferns are found in coal. 2. Figurative. a very old fashioned person, set in his ways: »That lecturer is an old fossil a century… …
43Fos|dic — or Fos|dic «FOZ dihk», noun. an electronic scanning device built by the United States Bureau of Standards to translate data into a digital computer. It is used in large scale statistics, such as the census. ╂[< F(ilm) O(ptical) S(ensing)… …
44FOS|DIC — or Fos|dic «FOZ dihk», noun. an electronic scanning device built by the United States Bureau of Standards to translate data into a digital computer. It is used in large scale statistics, such as the census. ╂[< F(ilm) O(ptical) S(ensing)… …
45fos|sage — «FOS ihj», noun. (in old English law) a duty levied on the inhabitants of a fortified town for the purpose of cleaning the moat or ditch surrounding it. ╂[< Medieval Latin fossagium < Latin fossa ditch] …
46fos|sil|if|er|ous — «FOS uh LIHF uhr uhs», adjective. bearing or containing fossils …
47fos|sil|ise — «FOS uh lyz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. fossilize …
48fos|su|late — «FOS yuh liht», adjective. Zoology. grooved; slightly excavated or hollowed out; having a small or shallow fossa …
49fos|ter|age — «FS tuhr ihj, FOS », noun. 1. the act of bringing up another s child as one s own. 2. the state of being a foster child. 3. the custom of putting a child under the care of foster parents. 4. the act of encouraging or promoting …
50fos|ter|er — «FS tuhr uhr, FOS », noun. 1. = foster parent. (Cf. ↑foster parent) 2. a person or thing that encourages or promotes. 3. a patron; protector …
