Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Waste matter eliminated from the bowels; excrement.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Dregs; lees; sediment; matter excreted and ejected.
- Specifically The undigested portions of the food, mixed with some secretions in the alimentary canal, which are evacuated at the anus; dung; excrement.
Wiktionary
- n. US, Canada Digested waste material discharged from the bowels; excrement.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. dregs; sediment; excrement. See fæces.
WordNet 3.0
- n. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Etymologies
- From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex ("residue, dregs"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin faecēs, pl. of faex, dregs. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This does not however necessarily mean that the E. coli present pose a risk, but rather that the risk of a pathogenic organism carried/dispersed in feces is present.”
“ChrisIowa: Burying the feces is more a courtesy to the aesthetics of the other human users of the area.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » County Judge’s Response to Complaint About Hunters Defecating in the Woods
“Burying the feces is more a courtesy to the aesthetics of the other human users of the area.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » County Judge’s Response to Complaint About Hunters Defecating in the Woods
“Regarding the composition of snake poo (posts 94, 96), the white, hard part of snake feces comes from the indigestible bones, fur, and other highly calcified tissues.”
Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing
““Most of us suspected that prions might be spread in feces, but we needed proof.””
“Really, if you think a joke in which "Their fall was broken by all the feces" is one of the tamer lines, this joke may be too much for you.”
“I do not think feces is particularly high in protein.”
Think Progress » Poll Confirms Massachusetts Election Was Not A Rejection Of Health Care Reform
“Considering that “the Ronald” is responsible for the Tax Cut and Spend dogma that falls like so much feces from the Conservatives mouth, “the Ronald” picture should be on the OFFICIAL U.S. I.O.U.,”
“I had to deal with the fallout from stepping in feces and getting parasites, then Lyme, and am just now recovering my health.”
“Ridha said they even desecrated his holy rug with feces from the research mouse cages.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘feces’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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A Glossary of Filth
A compilation of those nitty-gritty yucky terms for substances and situations that we prefer not to encounter. Please folks, keep it clean; avoid the overly offensive ones.
"the terms...schmutz, smegma, muck, snarge, sewerage, mecomium, sewage, sebum, toe jam, pus, sludge, backwash and 130 more...
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Everything Comes Down to Poo
poop, poo, feces, excrement, shit, crap, dung, droppings, guano, manure, waste, stool and 6 more...
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sewerly words
words that have to do with the sewers and the stuff that goes into them can be as gross as you like but stay on the topic of pipes poop and piles of sludge animals found in there are also welcome
sewage, sewerage, sludge, feces, poop, sewers, gunk, rat, mutant ninja turtles, alligator, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and 10 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
1stDay
lucid, tenacious, adhesive, cling, reconcile, scenic, picturesque, inundate, gastrointestinal, diarrhea, heredity, alimentary canal and 89 more...
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Remarkable Wikipedia categories/lists
exploding animals, list of fatal bea..., list of camouflag..., out-of-place arti..., list of people wh..., chord progressions, controversies, gestures, rules of thumb, cognitive biases, list of common mi..., filmed deaths of ... and 90 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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useful vocab
pysmatic, relentless, storge, preamble, oscillate, itinerary, frolic, frolicsome, abdicate, frolicking, divergent, abnegate and 312 more...
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Dewdew Drops
Human body sheddings, secretions, and offscum. Sometimes we gotta exuviate!
off the gound is a list of eye booger words made by trivet.dandruff, scurf, pityriasis capitis, furfuration, hair, saliva, salivation, expectoration, gleeking, halitosis, carbon dioxide, tears and 85 more...
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amydlite
succulent, harangue, omniscient, exotic, intense, orangutan, feces, facetious, banter, transcendental, eloquent, ostentatious and 55 more...
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words I fucking hate
feet, moist, gout, food, squirt, preggers, cummerbund, stoked, wonky, bugaboo, chunk, loin and 27 more...
Tweets
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