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- FLORIGENa supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants
- FLORILEGIUMA collection of flowers.
- FLORINAny of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- FLORISTA person who sells flowers.
- FLORISTICDescribing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
- FLORUITLived, flourished; used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive or known to have been notably active, when dates of birth and/or
- FLORYDecorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
- FLOSCULOUSConsisting of florets.
- FLOSSA thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
- FLOSSEROne who flosses the teeth.
- FLOSSIEA sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.
- FLOSSILYIn a flossy manner.
- FLOSSYResembling floss.
- FLOTAA fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.
- FLOTAGEThe state of floating.
- FLOTANTRepresented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
- FLOTSAMDebris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- FLOUNCETo move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
- FLOUNCYMoving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).
- FLOUNDERA European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
- FLOURPowder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- FLOURISHTo thrive or grow well.
- FLOURISHYflourishing; characterised by flourishes
- FLOURLESSWithout flour; made without the use of flour.
- FLOURYResembling flour.
- FLOUTTo express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- FLOUTERA person who flouts.
- FLOUTINGLYWith flouting; insultingly.
- FLOWMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- FLOWAGEA flowing or overflowing of liquid.
- FLOWCHARTINGThe design and construction of flowcharts.
- FLOWERA colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- FLOWERAGEflowers, considered collectively or in general.
- FLOWERBEDA part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
- FLOWERERSomething (originally a plant) that flowers (often in a specified manner, or at a specified time)
- FLOWERETA floret, or small or component flower
- FLOWERPOTA pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
- FLOWERYPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- FLOWINGpresent participle and gerund of flow
- FLOWMETERAny of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
- FLOWNpast participle of fly
- FLOWSTONEA secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
- FLOXTo sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
- FLUATEA fluoride.
- FLUBAn error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
- FLUBBERA rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties.
- FLUCTUANTThat fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
- FLUCTUATETo vary irregularly; to swing.
- FLUCTUATIONA motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- FLUEA pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- FLUEDHaving a flue or flues (of a specified kind).
- FLUENCEFluency
- FLUENCYThe quality of smoothness of flow.
- FLUENTThat flows; flowing, liquid.
- FLUENTLYIn a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.
- FLUERICSA subfield of fluidics, dealing with fluid components that perform functions not requiring the use of moving parts.
- FLUEWORKA system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
- FLUEWORKSA system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
- FLUEYDowny; fluffy.
- FLUGELAlternative form of flugelhorn.
- FLUGELHORNA brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply c
- FLUIDAny substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- FLUIDALPertaining to a fluid, or to a flowing motion.
- FLUIDICOf or pertaining to a fluid.
- FLUIDICSThe branch of engineering and technology that is concerned with the construction of devices that use the flow and pressure of a fluid in circuits analogous to electronic ones
- FLUIDIFYto make fluid
- FLUIDISEAlternative form of fluidize.
- FLUIDITYThe state of being fluid rather than viscous
- FLUIDIZETo give particles of solid the properties of a fluid, either by shaking or by injecting gas
- FLUIDLIKEResembling a fluid.
- FLUIDLYIn a fluid manner; smoothly.
- FLUIDRAMThe dram (unit of volume).
- FLUISHCharacteristic of influenza; flulike.
- FLUKEA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- FLUKEYLucky.
- FLUKILYIn a fluky way; with unexpected luck.
- FLUKISHLike a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable.
- FLUMEA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- FLUMPA sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
- FLUNKOf a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
- FLUNKERSomeone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
- FLUNKEYAn underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
- FLUNKEYDOMThe state of a being a flunkey
- FLUNKEYDOMSThe state of a being a flunkey
- FLUNKEYISMAlternative form of flunkyism.
- FLUNKYISMThe state of being a flunkey
- FLUORThe mineral fluorite.
- FLUORENEA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
- FLUORESCETo emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
- FLUORESCEINAny of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nit
- FLUORESCENTOf or relating to fluorescence.
- FLUORICPertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine.
- FLUORIDATETo add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
- FLUORIDATIONThe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
- FLUORIDEA binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
- FLUORIDISEAlternative form of fluoridize.
- FLUORIDIZETo fluoridate.
- FLUORINATETo introduce fluorine into a compound.
- FLUORINEThe chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
- FLUORITEA widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hyd