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fertility [fɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly 2. the state or quality of being fertile ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
fertility noun 1. fruitfulness, abundance, richness, fecundity, luxuriance, productiveness He brought large sterile acreages back to fertility. 2. ability to conceive, potency, ability to have children, ability to have babies, ability to have young Pregnancy is the only sure test for fertility. Translations fertility [fəˈtɪlɪtɪ] A. N [of land, woman, animal] → fertilidad f B. CPD fertility drug N → medicamento m para el tratamiento de la infertilidad fertility rite N → rito m de fertilidad fertility treatment N → tratamiento m contra la esterilidad fertility [fɜːrˈtɪlɪti] n [soil] → fertilité f [woman, animal] → fécondité f fertility symbol fertility clinic n → centre m de procréation médicalement assistée fertility drug n → médicament m contre la stérilité fertility symbol n → symbole m de fécondité fertility treatment n → traitement m de l'infertilité f fertility n (lit, fig) → Fruchtbarkeit f; (of soil, seed also) → Ergiebigkeit f; (fig, of mind, brain) → Produktivität f fertility: fertility cult n → Fruchtbarkeitskult m fertility drug n → Fruchtbarkeitspille f fertility symbol n → Fruchtbarkeitssymbol nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Rivers abound, it is true; but this region is nearly destitute of brooks and the smaller water courses, which tend so much to comfort and fertility. The extent of their experience is pleasantly balanced by the fertility of their imagination. And looking across space with instruments, and intelligences such as we have scarcely dreamed of, they see, at its nearest distance only 35,000,000 of miles sunward of them, a morning star of hope, our own warmer planet, green with vegetation and grey with water, with a cloudy atmosphere eloquent of fertility, with glimpses through its drifting cloud wisps of broad stretches of populous country and narrow, navy-crowded seas. |
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