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  • FLABnoun11 findersSoft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
  • FLABBILYadverb2 findersIn a flabby manner
  • FLABBYadjective4 findersYielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
  • FLACKverbAncient Greek96 findersTo flutter; palpitate.
  • FLACKERverbProto-Germanic14 findersTo flutter like a bird.
  • FLACKERYnoun9 findersThe aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
  • FLACKETnounOld French2 findersA barrel-shaped bottle, or a flagon.
  • FLACONnounFrench19 findersA small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume.
  • FLAGnounDanish20 findersA piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
  • FLAGEOLETnounFrench6 findersA type of small flute of the fipple family.
  • FLAGGEDverb1 findersimple past and past participle of flag
  • FLAGGYadjective2 findersHanging down; drooping, pendulous.
  • FLAGITIOUSadjectiveLatin28 findersGuilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
  • FLAGMANnoun7 findersA man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
  • FLAGONnounProto-Indo-European110 findersA large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically , such a vessel used to hold the wine for
  • FLAGRANTadjectiveLatin366 findersObvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
  • FLAGSHIPnoun28 findersThe ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
  • FLAGSTONEnoun13 findersA flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
  • FLAILnounGerman10 findersA tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
  • FLAIRnounLatin38 findersA natural or innate talent or aptitude.
  • FLAKnounGerman80 findersGround-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
  • FLAKEnounProto-Indo-European37 findersA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
  • FLAKERnoun8 findersA tool or appliance used to break flakes off a piece of material or something into it.
  • FLAKIESadjective12 findersConsisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  • FLAKILYadverb2 findersIn a flaky way.
  • FLAKYadjective49 findersConsisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  • FLAMnounOld Norse82 findersA freak or whim; an idle fancy.
  • FLAMBEAUnounFrench23 findersA burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
  • FLAMBERGEnounFrench3 findersA European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.
  • FLAMBOYANCEnoun39 findersThe condition of being flamboyant.
  • FLAMBOYANTadjectiveOld French194 findersShowy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
  • FLAMEnounProto-Indo-European34 findersThe visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
  • FLAMELIKEadjective4 findersResembling a flame or its colour.
  • FLAMENnounLatin25 findersA priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively
  • FLAMENCOnounMiddle Dutch76 findersA genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
  • FLAMEOUTnoun19 findersThe act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
  • FLAMERnoun10 findersA very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
  • FLAMINGLYadverb1 finderWith, or as if with, fire or flames.
  • FLAMINGOnounCatalan84 findersA wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
  • FLAMYadjectiveMiddle English5 findersFlaming, blazing.
  • FLANnounGerman57 findersA baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
  • FLANCHnounOld French6 findersA flange (rim or projection).
  • FLANCHEDadjective2 findersHaving flanches (often of a specified tincture).
  • FLANESnounGerman1 finderA baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
  • FLANEURnounFrench80 findersOne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
  • FLANEUSEnounFrench2 findersA female flaneur.
  • FLANGEnounFrankish171 findersAn external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  • FLANGEDadjective115 findersHaving one or more flanges.
  • FLANGERnoun33 findersAn electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
  • FLANKverbProto-Indo-European40 findersTo attack the flank(s) of.
  • FLANKERnoun22 findersA player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
  • FLAPnounMiddle Low German18 findersAnything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
  • FLAPERONnoun8 findersAn aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wi
  • FLAPJACKnoun1 finderA pancake.
  • FLAPPABLEadjective6 findersAble to be moved by flapping.
  • FLAPPERnoun20 findersA young girl usually between the ages of 15 and 18, especially one not "out" socially.
  • FLAPPERHOODnoun1 finderThe state of being a flapper (young woman).
  • FLAPPERISHadjective1 finderReminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).
  • FLAPPYadjective25 findersthat flaps
  • FLAPSnoun8 findersA disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
  • FLAREnounGerman16 findersA sudden bright light.
  • FLARIESTadjective3 findersflaring
  • FLARYadjective2 findersflaring
  • FLASHverbSwedish23 findersTo cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
  • FLASHBACKnoun2 findersA dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  • FLASHCARDnoun2 findersA card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize
  • FLASHERnoun17 findersAnything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
  • FLASHGUNnoun1 finderAn electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
  • FLASHINGnoun53 findersA sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
  • FLASHOVERnoun6 findersThe near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
  • FLASHYadjective22 findersShowy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
  • FLASKnounProto-Indo-European63 findersA narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat wate
  • FLATadjectiveSanskrit20 findersHaving no variations in height.
  • FLATBEDnoun4 findersAn open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
  • FLATBREADnoun4 findersA thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
  • FLATHEADnoun6 findersAny fish in the family Platycephalidae.
  • FLATIRONnoun25 findersA simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
  • FLATLINERnoun1 finderAn angler who uses a flatline.
  • FLATLYadverb1 finderIn a physically flat or level manner.
  • FLATPACKnoun2 findersself-assembly furniture packed flat in a box for transport purposes, before it is assembled.
  • FLATSCREENadjective1 finderBeing slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky, CRT-based models.
  • FLATSHAREnoun1 finderAn arrangement in which two or more people share a flat (apartment building).
  • FLATTENverb1 finderTo make something flat or flatter.
  • FLATTERadjective2 finderscomparative form of flat: more flat
  • FLATTERINGadjectiveMiddle English5 findersAttractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.
  • FLATTERINGLYadverbMiddle English2 findersIn a flattering manner.
  • FLATTERYnounOld French5 findersExcessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
  • FLATTINGnoun1 finderThe practice of living, with others, in a flat.
  • FLATTOPnoun2 findersA short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
  • FLATTYnoun1 finderA flatfish.
  • FLATULENCEnounLatin23 findersThe state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a
  • FLATULENTadjectiveMiddle French14 findersAffected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.
  • FLATUOUSadjectiveFrench11 finderswindy; full of wind
  • FLATUSnounLatin140 findersGas generated in the digestive tract.
  • FLATWAREnoun3 findersEating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.
  • FLATWASHnoun1 finderA style of painting in which shapes are completely filled with a solid color and have no outlines.
  • FLATWISEadverb1 finderWith a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
  • FLATWORKSnoun1 finderHorizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
  • FLATWORMnoun12 findersAny of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
  • FLAUNTverbMiddle English99 findersTo wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

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