A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
synonym: estrogen.
Roget 374:
woman,
she,
her,
female,
petticoat.
feminality†,
muliebrity†;
womanhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131.
womankind;
the sex,
the fair;
fair sex,
softer sex;
weaker vessel.
dame,
madam,
madame,
mistress,
Mrs.
lady,
donna belle [Sp.],
matron,
dowager,
goody,
gammer†;
Frau [G.],
frow†,
Vrouw [Du.],
rani;
good woman,
good wife;
squaw;
wife
etc.
(marriage)
903;
matronage,
matronhood†.
bachelor girl,
new woman,
feminist,
suffragette,
suffragist.
nymph,
wench,
grisette†;
girl
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Effeminacy]
sissy,
betty,
cot betty [U.S.],
cotquean†,
henhussy†,
mollycoddle,
muff,
old woman.
[Female animal]
hen,
bitch,
sow,
doe,
roe,
mare;
she goat,
Nanny goat,
tabita;
ewe,
cow;
lioness,
tigress;
vixen.
gynecaeum†.
estrogen,
oestrogen.
consanguinity
etc.
166
[Female relatives],
paternity
etc.
11.
lesbian,
dyke [Slang].
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Dutch: oestrogeen
Polish: estrogen