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- FLOODERA channel or device for carrying and controlling water used in flood irrigation.
- FLOODGATEAn adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- FLOODLIGHTEDsimple past and past participle of floodlight
- FLOODPLAINA low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
- FLOODWATERThe water of a flood.
- FLOODWAYAn engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
- FLOORfloor function
- FLOORHEADAny of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.
- FLOORINGA floor.
- FLOORLESSLacking a floor.
- FLOOZIEA vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
- FLOPTo fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- FLOPHOUSEA cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
- FLOPPEROne who flops.
- FLOPPILYIn a floppy manner.
- FLOPPYLimp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
- FLORA film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.
- FLORAPlants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- FLORALOf, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
- FLORESCENTFlowering or budding.
- FLORETA small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
- FLORIBUNDAA rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
- FLORIDHaving a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
- FLORIDITYThe property of being florid.
- FLORIDLYIn a florid manner
- FLORIESTDecorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
- 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.
- FLOSCULARflosculous
- 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.
- FLOTELA ship converted to a permanently moored hotel.
- 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
- FLOWERILYIn a flowery way.
- FLOWERPOTA pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
- FLOWERYPertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- FLOWINGpresent participle and gerund of flow
- FLOWINGLYIn a flowing manner.
- 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
- FLUGELHORNISTOne who plays the flugelhorn.
- 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