Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
flabile |
adjective |
Liable to be blown about. |
flaccid |
adjective |
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. |
flacker |
verb i. |
To flutter, as a bird. |
flacket |
noun |
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon. |
flagged |
imp. & past participle |
of Flag |
flagmen |
plural |
of Flagman |
flagman |
noun |
One who makes signals with a flag. |
flaking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flake |
flammed |
imp. & past participle |
of Flam |
flaming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flame, Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating., Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling., Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue. |
flaneur |
noun |
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer. |
flanged |
imp. & past participle |
of Flange, Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel. |
flanked |
imp. & past participle |
of Flank |
flanker |
noun |
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body., To defend by lateral fortifications., To attack sideways. |
flannel |
noun |
A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. |
flannen |
adjective |
Made or consisting of flannel. |
flapped |
imp. & past participle |
of Flap |
flapper |
noun |
One who, or that which, flaps., See Flipper. |
flaring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flare, That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light., Opening or speading outwards. |
flashed |
imp. & past participle |
of Flash |
flashes |
plural |
of Flash |
flasher |
noun |
One who, or that which, flashes., A man of more appearance of wit than reality., A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis)., The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); — called also flusher. |
flasket |
noun |
A long, shallow basket, with two handles., A small flask., A vessel in which viands are served. |
flatted |
imp. & past participle |
of Flat |
flative |
adjective |
Producing wind; flatulent. |
flating |
adjective |
With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position. |
flatour |
noun |
A flatterer. |
flatten |
adjective |
To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane., To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit., To make vapid or insipid; to render stale., To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch., To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch. |
flatter |
noun |
One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens., A flat-faced fulling hammer., A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc., To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle., To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations., To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him., To use flattery or insincere praise. |
flavine |
noun |
A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially. |
flavous |
adjective |
Yellow. |
flawing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flaw |
flawter |
verb t. |
To scrape o/ pare, as a skin. |
flaying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flay |
flecked |
imp. & past participle |
of Fleck |
flecker |
verb t. |
To fleck. |
flector |
noun |
A flexor. |
fledged |
imp. & past participle |
of Fledge |
fleeing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flee |
fleeced |
imp. & past participle |
of Fleece, Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced., Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed. |
fleecer |
noun |
One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. |
fleered |
imp. & past participle |
of Fleer |
fleerer |
noun |
One who fleers. |
fleeted |
imp. & past participle |
of Fleet |
fleeten |
noun |
Fleeted or skimmed milk. |
fleetly |
adverb |
In a fleet manner; rapidly. |
fleming |
noun |
A native or inhabitant of Flanders. |
flemish |
adjective |
Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings., The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. |
fleshed |
imp. & past participle |
of Flesh, Corpulent; fat; having flesh., Glutted; satiated; initiated. |
flesher |
noun |
A butcher., A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. |
fleshly |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal., Animal; not/vegetable., Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine., Carnal; wordly; lascivious., In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. |
flexing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flex |
flexile |
adjective |
Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. |
flexion |
noun |
The act of flexing or bending; a turning., A bending; a part bent; a fold., Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection., The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; — distinguished from extension. |
flexure |
noun |
The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending., A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve., The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird., The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. |
flicked |
imp. & past participle |
of Flick |
flicker |
verb i. |
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying., To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light., The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame., The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); — so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. |
flighty |
adjective |
Fleeting; swift; transient., Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious. |
flinger |
noun |
One who flings; one who jeers. |
flipped |
imp. & past participle |
of Flip |
flipper |
noun |
A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc., The hand. |
flirted |
imp. & past participle |
of Flirt |
flitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Flit |
flitter |
verb i. |
To flutter., To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards., A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. |
floated |
imp. & past participle |
of Float |
floater |
noun |
One who floats or swims., A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface. |
flobert |
noun |
A small cartridge designed for target shooting; — sometimes called ball cap. |
floccus |
noun |
The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals., A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds., A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi. |
flocked |
imp. & past participle |
of Flock |
flockly |
adverb |
In flocks; in crowds. |
flogged |
imp. & past participle |
of Flog |
flogger |
noun |
One who flogs., A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. |
flooded |
imp. & past participle |
of Flood |
flooder |
noun |
One who floods anything. |
flookan |
noun |
Alt. of Flukan |
floored |
imp. & past participle |
of Floor |
floorer |
noun |
Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one’s abilities. |
flopped |
imp. & past participle |
of Flop |
floreal |
noun |
The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendemiare. |
florist |
noun |
A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers., One who writes a flora, or an account of plants. |
floroon |
noun |
A border worked with flowers. |
flotage |
noun |
The state of floating., That which floats on the sea or in rivers. |
flotant |
adjective |
Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant. |
flotery |
adjective |
Wavy; flowing. |
flotsam |
noun |
Alt. of Flotson |
flotson |
noun |
Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; — in distinction from jetsam or jetson. |
flotten |
verb t. |
Skimmed. |
flounce |
verb i. |
To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one’s self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure., The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body., An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman’s dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging., To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock. |
floured |
imp. & past participle |
of Flour, Finely granulated; — said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. |
flouted |
imp. & past participle |
of Flout |
flouter |
noun |
One who flouts; a mocker. |
flowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Flow, That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious., a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t. |
flowage |
noun |
An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows. |
flowery |
adjective |
Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms., Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. |
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. |
flybane |
noun |
A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. |
flyblow |
verb t. |
To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows., One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly. |
flyboat |
noun |
A large Dutch coasting vessel., A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals. |
flyfish |
noun |
A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors. |
flytrap |
noun |
A trap for catching flies., A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus’s flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves. |