sphinge

Phonetic: "/ˈfiː.meɪl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

Phonetic: "/ˈfiː.meɪl/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Example: female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger

Definition: Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

Example: stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration

Definition: Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

Example: the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males

Definition: (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

Definition: Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

Phonetic: "/sfɪŋks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).

Definition: A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person.

Definition: A mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, formerly classified a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.

Definition: A sphinx moth.

Definition: A sphincter.

Phonetic: "/sfɪŋks/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To decorate with sphinxes

Example: a marble sphinxed chimney-piece

Definition: To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.

Example: A hot lion with a very bloated stomach ... will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.

Definition: To be inscrutable, often through silence

Example: (1900) The sphinxèd riddle of the Universe / Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?

Definition: To make one guess at the unknowable

Example: (1933) Perhaps Nature is sphinxing us on purpose. Whatever her objects may be, perhaps she gets her work done better when she appeals to our gambling instincts. If you knew for certain exactly how your marriage was going to turn out ...

Definition: To befuddle

Example: (2010) She swiveled and sphinxed Giles. 'And you, I suppose you've never been here either?' Giles squirmed. 'Well, I – that is, Miss Wh—, I mean, Miss Taylor, I –' He looked to me for rescue.

Definition: For the feminine to co-opt, dominate, or devour the masculine, especially from a paranoid fear of this happening

Example: (1986) modernism's fears of being sphinxed by a feminized mass culture