(n.) The females of the human race; women, collectively.

affiliation agnate ancestry apparentation birth blood blood relation blood relative bloodline branch breed clansman cognate collateral collateral relative common ancestry connections consanguinean consanguinity derivation descent direct line distant relation enate extraction fair sex family female line female sex femininity filiation flesh flesh and blood folks german house kin kindred kinfolk kinnery kinsfolk kinsman kinsmen kinswoman kith and kin line line of descent lineage male line near relation next of kin people phylum posterity race relations relatives second sex seed sept sib sibling side softer sex spear kin spear side spindle kin spindle side stem stirps stock strain succession sword side tribesman uterine kin weaker sex weaker vessel woman womanhood womankind women womenfolk womenfolks