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feature
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feature film
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Feb.
febrifacient
febrific
febrifuge
febrile
February
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feces
feckless
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febrifacient

feb·ri·fa·cient [ fèbbrə fáysh'nt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
producing fever: causing, producing, or promoting fever



noun  (plural feb·ri·fa·cients)
Definition:
 
cause of fever: something that causes, produces, or promotes a fever

[Early 19th century. < Latin febris "fever"]
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