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  • FLORIGENnoun1 findera supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants
  • FLORILEGIUMnounAncient Greek6 findersA collection of flowers.
  • FLORINnounItalian26 findersAny of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
  • FLORISTnounLatin39 findersA person who sells flowers.
  • FLORISTICadjective14 findersDescribing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
  • FLORUITverbLatin9 findersLived, 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
  • FLORYadjectiveFrench2 findersDecorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
  • FLOSCULOUSadjective3 findersConsisting of florets.
  • FLOSSnounNorwegian4 findersA thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
  • FLOSSERnoun16 findersOne who flosses the teeth.
  • FLOSSIEnoun4 findersA sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.
  • FLOSSILYadverb2 findersIn a flossy manner.
  • FLOSSYadjective8 findersResembling floss.
  • FLOTAnounSpanish4 findersA 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.
  • FLOTAGEnounOld French3 findersThe state of floating.
  • FLOTANTadjectiveOld French1 finderRepresented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
  • FLOTSAMnounLatin454 findersDebris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
  • FLOUNCEverbNorwegian184 findersTo move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
  • FLOUNCYadjective75 findersMoving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).
  • FLOUNDERnounProto-Germanic325 findersA European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
  • FLOURnoun27 findersPowder 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.
  • FLOURISHverbLatin107 findersTo thrive or grow well.
  • FLOURISHYadjective7 findersflourishing; characterised by flourishes
  • FLOURLESSadjective6 findersWithout flour; made without the use of flour.
  • FLOURYadjectiveMiddle English29 findersResembling flour.
  • FLOUTverbDutch198 findersTo express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  • FLOUTERnoun58 findersA person who flouts.
  • FLOUTINGLYadverb2 findersWith flouting; insultingly.
  • FLOWnounMiddle English16 findersMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
  • FLOWAGEnoun6 findersA flowing or overflowing of liquid.
  • FLOWCHARTINGnoun9 findersThe design and construction of flowcharts.
  • FLOWERnounProto-Indo-European51 findersA colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
  • FLOWERAGEnoun3 findersflowers, considered collectively or in general.
  • FLOWERBEDnoun5 findersA part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
  • FLOWERERnoun1 finderSomething (originally a plant) that flowers (often in a specified manner, or at a specified time)
  • FLOWERETnounOld French1 finderA floret, or small or component flower
  • FLOWERPOTnoun9 findersA pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
  • FLOWERYadjectiveMiddle English120 findersPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
  • FLOWINGverbMiddle English34 finderspresent participle and gerund of flow
  • FLOWMETERnoun3 findersAny of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
  • FLOWNverbOld English20 finderspast participle of fly
  • FLOWSTONEnoun8 findersA secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
  • FLOXverb106 findersTo sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
  • FLUATEnoun2 findersA fluoride.
  • FLUBnoun158 findersAn error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
  • FLUBBERnoun60 findersA rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties.
  • FLUCTUANTadjectiveLatin1 finderThat fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
  • FLUCTUATEverbLatin1 finderTo vary irregularly; to swing.
  • FLUCTUATIONnounLatin1 finderA motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
  • FLUEnounOld English207 findersA pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  • FLUEDadjective24 findersHaving a flue or flues (of a specified kind).
  • FLUENCEnounFrench5 findersFluency
  • FLUENCYnounLatin37 findersThe quality of smoothness of flow.
  • FLUENTadjectiveLatin61 findersThat flows; flowing, liquid.
  • FLUENTLYadverb8 findersIn a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.
  • FLUERICSnounLatin2 findersA subfield of fluidics, dealing with fluid components that perform functions not requiring the use of moving parts.
  • FLUEWORKnoun2 findersA 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.
  • FLUEWORKSnoun1 finderA 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.
  • FLUEYadjective5 findersDowny; fluffy.
  • FLUGELnounGerman18 findersAlternative form of flugelhorn.
  • FLUGELHORNnounGerman28 findersA 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
  • FLUIDnounProto-Indo-European42 findersAny 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.
  • FLUIDALadjective2 findersPertaining to a fluid, or to a flowing motion.
  • FLUIDICadjective50 findersOf or pertaining to a fluid.
  • FLUIDICSnoun29 findersThe 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
  • FLUIDIFYverb1 finderto make fluid
  • FLUIDISEverb4 findersAlternative form of fluidize.
  • FLUIDITYnounFrench198 findersThe state of being fluid rather than viscous
  • FLUIDIZEverb1 finderTo give particles of solid the properties of a fluid, either by shaking or by injecting gas
  • FLUIDLIKEadjective1 finderResembling a fluid.
  • FLUIDLYadverb14 findersIn a fluid manner; smoothly.
  • FLUIDRAMnoun1 finderThe dram (unit of volume).
  • FLUISHadjective15 findersCharacteristic of influenza; flulike.
  • FLUKEnounGerman130 findersA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
  • FLUKEYadjective53 findersLucky.
  • FLUKILYadverb2 findersIn a fluky way; with unexpected luck.
  • FLUKISHadjective4 findersLike a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable.
  • FLUMEnounLatin375 findersA ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  • FLUMPinterjection81 findersA sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
  • FLUNKverb31 findersOf a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • FLUNKERnoun16 findersSomeone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
  • FLUNKEYnoun20 findersAn underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
  • FLUNKEYDOMnoun2 findersThe state of a being a flunkey
  • FLUNKEYDOMSnoun2 findersThe state of a being a flunkey
  • FLUNKEYISMnoun2 findersAlternative form of flunkyism.
  • FLUNKYISMnoun10 findersThe state of being a flunkey
  • FLUORnounLatin22 findersThe mineral fluorite.
  • FLUORENEnoun4 findersA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
  • FLUORESCEverb76 findersTo emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
  • FLUORESCEINnoun18 findersAny 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
  • FLUORESCENTadjective172 findersOf or relating to fluorescence.
  • FLUORICadjective35 findersPertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine.
  • FLUORIDATEverb73 findersTo add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
  • FLUORIDATIONnoun39 findersThe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
  • FLUORIDEnoun136 findersA binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
  • FLUORIDISEverb5 findersAlternative form of fluoridize.
  • FLUORIDIZEverb7 findersTo fluoridate.
  • FLUORINATEverb38 findersTo introduce fluorine into a compound.
  • FLUORINEnounLatin104 findersThe 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.
  • FLUORITEnoun84 findersA 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

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