radioactive element, discovered in the debris of a 1952 U.S. nuclear test in the Pacific, named 1955 for Italian-born U.S. physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954). With metallic element ending -ium.
ferine
Feringhee
fermata
ferment
fermentation
fermium
fern
fern-tickles
ferocious
ferocity
ferret