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fermionique: fermionic
fermium: fermium
fermière: female equivalent of fermier; farmer's wife
fermoir: clasp (or similar small metal fastening)
fermé: closed; switched off
ferrage: shoeing (of a horse)
ferraillage: the network of rebars used within reinforced concrete
ferraillant: rattling
ferraille: old iron, scrap; loose change, shrapnel
ferrailler: to fight with swords; to cross swords; to fight, to struggle for; to scrap or recycle
ferrailleur: scrap dealer; swordsman
ferrandine: ferrandine
ferrane: oven
ferrat: A kind of fish found in Lake Geneva. Also spelled féra (feminine) or ferat (masculine).
ferrate: ferrate
ferrer: to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive); to shoe (a horse); to clad in some metal, not necessarily iron; to hook (a fish)
ferret: tag; aglet, aiguillette
ferreux: ferrous (all senses)
ferricyanure: ferricyanide
ferrier: a farrier; a blacksmith; a small mound, heap, or hill composed of the remnants or by-products (slag/dross/scoria) of an ancient iron forge or bloomery, especially from the late Iron age and Gallo-Roman era in France
ferrifère: ferriferous
ferrimagnétique: ferrimagnetic
ferrimagnétisme: ferrimagnetism
ferriprive: related to an iron deficiency
ferrique: ferric
ferrite: ferrite
ferrochrome: ferrochrome
ferrocyane: synonym of cyanoferre
ferrocyanique: ferrocyanic
ferrocyanure: ferrocyanide
ferrocène: ferrocene
ferrocérium: ferrocerium
ferrofluide: ferrofluid
ferroique: ferroic
ferromagnésien: ferromagnesian
ferromagnétique: ferromagnetic
ferromagnétisme: ferromagnetism
ferromanganèse: ferromanganese
ferromolybdène: ferromolybdenum
ferron: maker or seller of iron
ferronickel: ferronickel
ferronnerie: ironwork (the art of the blacksmith); ironworks (iron factory)
ferronnier: blacksmith (worker in wrought iron)
ferroprussiate: ferroprussiate
ferrosilicium: ferrosilicon
ferrotoroïdicité: ferrotoroidicity
ferrotype: ferrotype
ferrotypie: ferrotyping
ferroutage: piggyback transportation (of a lorry on a train)
ferrouter: to piggyback (transport a lorry on a train)
ferroviaire: rail, railroad transportation
ferrovipathe: a railway enthusiast
ferroélasticité: ferroelasticity
ferroélectricité: ferroelectricity
ferroélectrique: ferroelectric
ferrugineux: ferruginous
ferrure: iron fitting (often ornamental)
ferry: ferry
ferry-boat: ferryboat
ferré: strong, powerful