Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
fluavil |
noun |
A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; — called also fluanil. |
fluence |
noun |
Fluency. |
fluency |
noun |
The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility. |
fluidal |
adjective |
Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. |
flunked |
imp. & past participle |
of Flunk |
fluoric |
adjective |
Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine. |
flushed |
imp. & past participle |
of Flush |
flusher |
noun |
A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water., The red-backed shrike. See Flasher. |
fluster |
verb t. |
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle., To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused., Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder. |
fluting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flute, Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady’s ruffle. |
flutist |
noun |
A performer on the flute; a flautist., To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan., To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result., To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty. |
flutter |
verb t. |
To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings., To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion., The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan., Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. |
fluvial |
adjective |
Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant. |
fluxing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flux |
fluxile |
adjective |
Fluxible. |
fluxion |
noun |
The act of flowing., The matter that flows., Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state., An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination., A constantly varying indication., The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential., A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method. |
fluxive |
adjective |
Flowing; also, wanting solidity. |
fluxure |
noun |
The quality of being fluid., Fluid matter. |