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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

floorboard
floor board noun a board in the floor

floored
adjective provided with a floor

flop
adverb with a flopping sound; `he tumbled flop into the mud`

flophouse
dosshouse noun a cheap lodging house

floppy
adjective hanging limply; `a spaniel with floppy ears`

floral
flowered adjective resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; `an unusual floral design`

Florence fennel
finocchio noun aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

Florentine
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence; `Florentine art`

floricultural
adjective of or relating to or involving floriculture

Florida gallinule
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans noun North American dark bluish-grey gallinule

Florida pompano
Trachinotus carolinus noun found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies

Florida smoothhound
Mustelus norrisi noun found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil

floridly
adverb in a florid manner; `floridly figurative prose`

florilegium
garland noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

florin
noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

florist
florist shop noun a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold

floss
noun a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery

flotilla
noun a fleet of small craft

flotsam
jetsam noun the floating wreckage of a ship

flounce
noun the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions

flounder
noun any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

flounder
verb walk with great difficulty; `He staggered along in the heavy snow`

flour
noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

flour beetle
flour weevil noun infests flour and stored grains

flour bin
noun a bin for holding flour

flour mill
noun a mill for grinding grain into flour

flourish
brandish noun the act of waving

flourish
noun (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; `he entered to a flourish of trumpets`; `her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare`

flourishing
growing adjective having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; `flourishing crops`; `flourishing chicks`; `a growing boy`; `fast-growing weeds`; `a thriving deer population`

floury
adjective resembling flour in fine powdery texture; `a floury clay`

flow
stream noun the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

flow
verb move or progress freely as if in a stream; `The crowd flowed out of the stadium`

flow away
flow off verb flow off or away gradually; `The water flowed off from the pipe`

flow chart
flowchart noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system

flow out
verb flow or spill forth

flower
blossom noun reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

flower arrangement
noun a decorative arrangement of flowers

flower chain
noun flowers strung together in a chain

flower garden
noun a garden featuring flowering plants

flower gardening
floriculture noun the cultivation of flowering plants

flower people
hippies noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music

flower power
noun a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s

flowerbed
flower bed noun a bed in which flowers are growing

flowering
adjective having a flower or bloom; `a flowering plant`

flowering almond
Prunus japonica noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

flowering ash
noun shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers

flowering fern
noun Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds

flowerless
nonflowering adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds; `a flowerless plant`

flowerpot
noun a container in which plants are cultivated

flowery
ornate adjective marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; `a flowery speech`; `ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato`-John Milton

floxuridine
noun antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair

fluctuate
vacillate verb move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; `the line on the monitor vacillated`

fluctuating
adjective having unpredictable ups and downs; `fluctuating prices`

fluctuation
wavering noun the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; `he kept a record of price fluctuations`

fluctuation
noun an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

flue
noun a conduit to carry off smoke

flue pipe
flue 1 labial pipe noun organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip

flue stop
noun an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe

fluency
articulateness noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing

fluent
liquid adjective smooth and unconstrained in movement; `a long, smooth stride`; `the fluid motion of a cat`; `the liquid grace of a ballerina`

fluently
adverb in a fluent manner; `she speaks French fluently`

fluff
noun a blunder (especially an actor`s forgetting the lines)

fluff
verb erect or fluff up; `the bird ruffled its feathers`

fluff up
plump up verb make fuller by shaking; `fluff up the pillows`

fluffy omelet
noun souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately

flugelhorn
fluegelhorn noun a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore

fluid
liquid adjective in cash or easily convertible to cash; `liquid (or fluid) assets`

fluid
liquid adjective smooth and unconstrained in movement; `a long, smooth stride`; `the fluid motion of a cat`; `the liquid grace of a ballerina`

fluid drive
noun an automotive power coupling

fluid mechanics
hydraulics noun study of the mechanics of fluids

fluidity
fluidness noun the property of flowing easily; `adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased`; `they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer`

fluke
trematode noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

flume
noun watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

flummery
noun a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal

flump
flump down verb fall heavily

flump
plonk verb set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; `He planked the money on the table`; `He planked himself into the sofa`

flunitrazepan
Rohypnol noun a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia

fluoresce
verb exhibit or undergo fluorescence

fluorescence microscopy
noun light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes

fluorescent
adjective brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; `fluorescent colors`

fluorescent lamp
noun lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material; mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material

fluoridate
fluoridize verb subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; `fluoridized water`; `fluoridize the teeth of children`

fluoridation
fluoridization noun the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)

fluoroscope
roentgenoscope noun an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation

fluoroscopy
noun examination of body structures using a fluoroscope

fluorouracil
noun an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers

fluoxetine
fluoxetine hydrocholoride noun a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac)

fluphenazine
noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders

flurazepam
flurazepam hydrochloride noun tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia

flurbiprofen
Ansaid noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally

flurry
verb move in an agitated or confused manner

flush
adverb squarely or solidly; `hit him flush in the face`

flush
verb rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; `flush the wound with antibiotics`; `purge the old gas tank`

flush toilet
noun a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it

flush-seamed
adjective laid edge to edge (not overlapping)

flush(p)
adjective of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; `a door flush with the wall`; `the bottom of the window is flush with the floor`

flushed
rose-cheeked adjective having the pinkish flush of health

flushless toilet
noun a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water)

fluster
verb cause to be nervous or upset

flustered
hot and bothered(p) adjective thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled` is an informal term)