A (generally human) male who begets a child.
The founder of a discipline or science.
A member of a church council.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
Something inanimate that begets.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To provide with a father.
To adopt as one's own.
To give rise to.
To be a father to; to sire.
A human of the feminine sex.
A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.