English words: flame up to flash mob

300 English words, part 39 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words flame up to flash mob

flame up verb: To flare; to become inflamed.
flame violet noun: Any member of the genus Episcia of flowering plants.
flame war noun: An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.
flameable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being flamed.
flameage noun: Alternative form of flamage.
flameback noun: Synonym of goldenback (“woodpecker”).
flamebait noun: Content in an online forum, such as a newsgroup, with the intent of provoking anger, resulting in flames and sometimes flame wars.
flamecrest noun: A bird of the species Regulus goodfellowi, native to the mountains of Taiwan.
flamed adjective, verb /fleɪmd/: Cooked or seared over open flames.
flamefest noun: Large-scale mutual flaming.
flamefish noun: A cardinalfish of the genus Apogon.
flameflower noun: Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flameful adjective: Full of flame; fiery.
flamegraph noun: A visual representation of hierarchical data used to analyze system and application performance metrics.
flamekeeper noun: One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
Flamel proper noun: A surname.
flameless adjective: That does not emit flames.
flamelessly adverb: Without flames.
flamelessness noun: Absence of flames.
flamelet noun /ˈfleɪmlət/: A small flame.
flamelight noun: illumination cast by a flame
flamelike adjective: Resembling a flame or its colour.
flamemail noun: Aggressively insulting email.
flamen noun /ˈfleɪmən/: A 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...
flamenco noun, verb /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/: A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
flamenco guitar noun: A type of acoustic guitar with reduced internal bracing and thinner tops. It is used mainly in the performance of toques, the guitar part of flamenco music.
flamencolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the flamenco dance.
flamencological adjective: Of or relating to flamencology.
flamencologist noun: Someone who studies flamenco.
flamencology noun: The study of flamenco.
flamenship noun: The role or status of a flamen.
flameout noun: The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
flameover noun: Synonym of rollover.
flameproof adjective, verb: Resistant to catching fire.
flameproofer noun: Any substance used for flameproofing.
flamer noun /ˈfleɪmɚ/: A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
flamestrike noun: The strike of a flame.
flamethrower noun /ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/: A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowing adjective: Throwing out flames.
flamewar noun: Alternative spelling of flame war.
flameware noun: Fireproof cookware.
flamework noun, verb: Lampwork.
flameworker noun: A lampworker.
flameworthy adjective: Deserving of being subjected to or engulfed by flames
flamey adjective: Alternative form of flamy.
flamfew noun: A worthless thing; a trifle or bauble.
flamiche noun: A French savoury tart made with leeks and cream.
flamin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of flaming.
flamineous adjective: Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
flaming adjective, noun, verb /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/: On fire with visible flames.
Flaming Doctor Pepper noun: A cocktail made by filling a shot glass with three parts amaretto and one part high-proof liquor – layered, not mixed – then setting it on fire and dropping...
Flaming Dr Pepper noun: Alternative form of Flaming Doctor Pepper.
flaming Katy noun: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, a Madagascan plant commonly cultivated as a houseplant.
flaming Lamborghini noun: A cocktail in which a glass of mixed sambuca and Kahlua are set alight and then drunk with plastic straw, into which shots of other liqueurs are poured...
flaming mad adjective: Extremely angry.
flaming Nora interjection: Synonym of bloody Nora (slightly milder than it).
flaming onion noun: A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I.
flaming queen noun: A homosexual, and often cross-dressing, man acting in an ostentatious and flaunting manner akin to a diva.
flaming sword noun: A metal sword wreathed in or emitting flames, appearing as a symbol or supernatural weapon in many mythologies.
flaming volcano noun: A tropical cocktail typically made with rum, brandy, pineapple juice, orange juice, and orgeat, and served in a lit volcano bowl to be drunk by a group of...
flamingant adjective, noun: A Flemish-language activist.
Flamingantism noun: The ideology which supports Flemish autonomy or independence; Flemish nationalism.
flaminglet noun: A flamingo chick.
flamingly adverb: With, or as if with, fire or flames.
flamingo adjective, noun /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/: A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
flamingo flower noun: anthurium
flamingo shot noun: A type of shot whereby the batter flicks the delivery from outside off stump through midwicket.
flamingo squat noun: Synonym of shrimp squat.
flamingo tongue noun: A small colourful sea snail, of species Cyphoma gibbosum.
flamingoesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of flamingos.
flamingoish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a flamingo.
flaminical adjective: Pertaining to a flamen.
Flamm proper noun: A surname.
flammability noun: The condition of being flammable.
flammable adjective, noun /ˈflæməbl̩/: Capable of burning.
flammably adverb: In a flammable manner.
flammagenitus noun /ˌflæməˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəs/: A dense cumuliform cloud associated with fire or volcanic eruptions.
flammant adjective: Alternative form of flamant (“flaming, in heraldry”).
flammation noun: The act of setting on fire; inflammation.
Flamme proper noun: A surname from French.
flammekueche noun: Alternative form of flammkuchen.
flammeous adjective: Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery.
Flammer syndrome noun: A complex of clinical features caused mainly by vascular dysregulation. Symptoms include cold hands and feet and low blood pressure.
flammiferous adjective: Producing flame; blazing.
flammivomous adjective /fləˈmɪvəməs/: Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.
flammkuchen noun: tarte flambée, especially when served in a German setting.
flammulated adjective: Resembling a flame or flames.
flammulated owl noun: Psiloscops flammeolus, a small nocturnal American owl with flame-like markings on the face.
flammulation noun: flame-like markings
flammule noun: A little flame or flame-like pattern.
Flamstead proper noun: A village and civil parish in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0714).
Flamsteedian adjective: Of or relating to Sir John Flamsteed (1646–1719), English astronomer.
flamy adjective /ˈfleɪmi/: Flaming, blazing.
flan noun, verb /flæn/: A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
Flanagan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flancard noun: Alternative form of flanchard.
flanch noun /flæntʃ/: A flange (rim or projection).
flanchard noun: A piece of armor designed to be attached to the sides of a saddle to protect the flanks of the horse.
flanched adjective: Having flanches (often of a specified tincture).
flanching noun: A flange.
flanconade noun: A thrust in the side.
flanconnade noun: Alternative form of flanconade.
flanderisation noun: Alternative spelling of Flanderization.
flanderise verb: Alternative spelling of flanderize
flanderization noun /ˌflændəɹəˈzeɪʃn̩/: Synonym of Flemishization.
flanderize verb: To make into a Flanderization (an increasingly exaggerated or cartoonish character or caricature).
Flanderkin noun: A person from Flanders.
Flanders proper noun /ˈflɑːn.dəz/: A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
Flanders poppy noun: The common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.
Flandreau noun: A tribe of the Sioux people.
Flandrian noun: A member of a strict group of Mennonites who mostly lived in Flanders.
flânerie noun: idling about, dawdling about, loafing about
Flanery proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flâneur noun, verb /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/: Alternative form of flaneur.
flaneuse noun: Alternative form of flaneuse.
flang noun: A miner's double-edged pick.
flange noun, verb /ˈflænd͡ʒ/: An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
flange greaser noun: Synonym of flange lubricator.
flange lubricator noun: a device installed in order to reduce wear to both wheel flanges and the rails in the railway track.
flange oiler noun: Synonym of flange lubricator.
flangeable adjective: Able to be flanged.
flanged adjective: Having one or more flanges.
flanged T rail noun: A flat-bottomed rail used in North-America.
flangeless adjective: Without a flange.
flangelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a flange.
flanger noun /ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/: An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
flangetail noun: Any of various species of gomphid dragonfly of the genera Ictinogomphus and Sinictinogomphus, of eastern Asia.
flangeway noun /ˈflændʒ.weɪ/: An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flanging noun: A flange.
Flanigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flank adjective, noun, verb /flænk/: To attack the flank(s) of.
flank eruption noun: A volcanic eruption which occurs on the flanks of a volcano, rather than its summit.
flank speed noun: The maximum speed of a ship.
flank steak noun: A beef steak cut from the abdominal muscles or buttocks of the cow.
flankable adjective: Able to be flanked.
flanked adjective, verb /flæŋkt/: Having a particulary kind of flank.
flanken noun: A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone
flanker noun, verb /ˈflæŋkə/: A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
flankerback noun: A back whose task is to receive the ball from a scrum.
flankwise adverb: In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
Flannagan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flannel adjective, noun, verb /ˈflænəl/: A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
flannel cake noun: a thin batter cake fried on both sides.
flannel dance noun: An informal dance where the men attended in their everyday flannels rather than formal clothing.
flannel flower noun: Actinotus helianthi, an Australian flowering plant whose stem, branches and leaves are pale grey and covered in downy hair.
flannel leaf noun: A plant, Bedfordia arborescens
flannel mouth noun: Alternative form of flannelmouth.
flannel-mouthed adjective: Smooth and persuasive in speech, especially in order to deceive or manipulate.
flannel panel noun: A section of a magazine listing the contributors and their roles.
flannel weed noun: Alternative form of flannelweed.
flannelboard noun: Synonym of flannelgraph.
flannelbush noun: Any of the genus Fremontodendron of shrubs.
flanneled adjective: Covered or wrapped in flannel.
flannelet noun: Alternative spelling of flannelette.
flannelette noun /ˌflænəˈlɛt/: A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
flannelflower noun: Alternative form of flannel flower
flannelgraph noun: A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
flannelled adjective: Wearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.
flannelled fool noun: A cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).
flannellike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of flannel.
flannelly adjective: Resembling or characteristic of flannel material.
flannelmouth noun: One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.
flannelmouthed adjective: Alternative form of flannel-mouthed.
flannels noun: plural of flannel
flannelweed noun: The subshrub Sida cordifolia.
flannely adjective: Alternative form of flannelly.
flannen adjective /ˈflæn.ən/: Made of flannel.
Flannery proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flannie noun: A button-down collared shirt made of flannelette.
Flannigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
flanning noun, verb: The internal flare of a window jamb, or of a fireplace; an embrasure; coving.
flanno noun: A flannelette shirt.
flanny noun: Alternative form of flannie (“type of shirt”).
flaouna noun: A kind of cheese-filled pastry eaten in Cyprus during Easter and Ramadan.
flap noun, verb /flæp/: Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
flap copy noun: The brief summary that often appears on the inside of a hardcover book's dust jacket.
flap display noun: Synonym of split-flap display.
flap doodle noun, verb: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
flap-eared adjective: Having large ears clearly distinct from the head.
flap gate noun: A device that allows water to flow in one direction only through a culvert; it is used especially to drain surface water from coastal marshes at low tide
flap-jacky adjective: Alternative form of flapjacky.
flap-jawed adjective: Chattery; gossipy.
flap off verb: To talk excessively, ignorantly and/or wrongly.
flap one's gums verb: To speak (idly); to talk without effect.
flap one's jaw verb: Alternative form of flap one's jaws.
flap one's jaws verb: Synonym of flap one's gums.
flap one's lips verb: Synonym of flap one's gums (“talk without effect”).
flap seat noun: A hinged seat that can be raised when not in use.
flap steak noun: A cut of steak from the bottom sirloin, a butt cut, that is thin and lean, with coarse fibre. It is similar to the skirt steak, flank steak, hanger steak,...
flapcake noun /ˈflæpkeɪk/: A flapjack; a pancake.
flapdock noun: Alternative form of flopdock.
flapdoodle noun, verb /ˈflæpˌduːdl̩/: Nonsense.
flapdoodleism noun: Nonsense, flapdoodle.
flapdoodler noun: A speaker or writer of nonsense.
flapdoodlery noun: Nonsense, flapdoodle.
flapdragon noun: A game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
flaperon noun /ˈflæpərɒn/: An 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...
flapgate noun: Alternative spelling of flap gate.
flapjack noun /ˈflæpd͡ʒæk/: A pancake.
flapjacky adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a flapjack (oat bar).
flapless adjective: Without a flap or flaps.
flaplike adjective: Similar to a flap
flapling noun: A juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.
flappable adjective: Able to be moved by flapping.
flapped adjective, verb /flæpt/: Fitted with a flap.
flapped outfall noun: An outfall fitted with a metal flap so that floodwater will not back up
flapper noun /ˈflæpɚ/: A young girl usually between the ages of 15 and 18, especially one not "out" socially.
flapper board noun: A mechanical display board, used at railway stations etc., having the text characters on individual flaps that can be rotated to form different messages.
flapper pie noun: A vanilla custard pie topped with meringue (or sometimes whipped cream in South Saskatchewan).
flapper skate noun: A European skate, Dipturus intermedius, a subspecies of the common skate.
flapper valve noun: A kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point...
flapperdom noun: The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
flapperesque adjective: Reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).
flapperhood noun: The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flapperish adjective: Reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s).
flapperism noun: The behaviour of flappers (young women).
flappet noun: An African lark, Mirafra rufocinnamomea.
flappin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of flapping.
flapping adjective, noun, verb /ˈflæpɪŋ/: that flaps or flap
flapping hinge noun: A hinge in the rotor assembly of a helicopter that allows each blade to have some vertical movement
flappingly adverb: With a flapping motion.
flappish adjective: In, or tending to be in, a chaotically upset temper.
flappity interjection: Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.
flappy adjective: that flaps
flaps noun, verb /flæps/: A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
flaps and seals noun: The covert interception and examination of postal mail.
flaptrack noun: The track on which the flaps of an aircraft are mounted.
flapwort noun: Jamesoniella undulifolia (marsh flapwort)
flarability noun: Alternative spelling of flareability
flarable adjective: Alternative spelling of flareable
flare noun, verb /flɛə̯/: A sudden bright light.
flare angel noun: A geometric design caused by the vortices of an aircraft swirling the smoke from its anti-missile flares.
flare gun noun: A large-bore pistol-like firearm used to fire signal flares.
flare nut noun: A nut to secure a flared tubing‘s tapered end.
flare nut wrench noun: An open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).
flare out verb: To extend from a central position, so as to create drag or instability.
flare path noun: A runway (or simple field) that is illuminated at night, or during fog, to enable aircraft to land or take off safely.
flare stack noun: a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
flare tower noun: a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
flare up noun, verb: A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).
flareability noun: The state or quality of being flareable.
flareable adjective: That can flare; that is able to flare.
flareback noun: A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction.
flareboard noun: A kind of flatbed truck body with side boards angled outwards.
flared adjective, verb /flɛəd/: Of trousers, etc., widening towards the lower parts of the legs; bell-bottomed.
flaregun noun: Alternative spelling of flare gun.
flareless adjective: Without a flare.
flareout noun: Synonym of flare (“transition to level flight before landing”).
flarepath noun: A runway (or simple field) that is illuminated at night, or during fog, to enable aircraft to land or take off safely.
flarer noun: That which flares.
flares noun, verb /flɛə̯z/: Bell-bottoms, pants with flared legs.
flareship noun: A military aircraft that drops illumination flares.
flareup noun: Alternative spelling of flare-up.
Flarf noun: An avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.
flargh interjection: Used to express fatigue and general lethargy.
flaring adjective, noun, verb: Having a tendency of streaming, flapping, or spreading broadly as if within a current of air or in outer space.
flaringly adverb: In a flaring manner.
flark noun /flɑɹk/: A depression or hollow within a bog.
flary adjective /ˈflɛəɹi/: flaring
flaser noun: A form of sedimentary bidirectional bedding created when a sediment is exposed to intermittent flows, leading to alternating sand and mud layers.
flash adjective, noun, verb /flæʃ/: To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
flash around verb: To make an ostentatious show of; to show to everybody in a boastful manner.
flash back verb: To recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.
flash-ball noun: A form of handgun that fires projectiles of rubber or similar material, used mainly by law enforcement officers for riot control.
flash bang noun, verb: A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.
flash boiler noun: A variety of water-tube steam boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red...
flash bomb noun: Synonym of photoflash bomb.
flash burn noun: A skin injury caused by brief, intense exposure to heat or light.
flash burner noun: A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
flash card noun: Alternative form of flashcard.
flash cartridge noun: A homebrew video game cartridge that incorporates flash memory.
flash crash noun: A very rapid, deep, and volatile fall in security prices, followed by a quick recovery.
flash crowd noun: Alternative form of flashcrowd.
flash cube noun: A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of its four sides.
flash cut noun: A change made to a complex system with immediate effect, one made without a phase-in period.
flash disk noun: A flash drive.
flash drive noun: A small, portable, nonvolatile storage device that uses flash memory and a USB interface to store, transport, and retrieve digital data.
flash drought noun: A sudden, rapid drought.
flash fiction noun: A fictional story that is briefer than typical short stories.
flash flood noun: A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.
flash flooding noun: Flooding that occurs during a flash flood.
flash for cash adjective: Pertaining to a scam where a motorist flashes their headlights to indicate to another driver to proceed against normal give-way rules, then runs into them...
flash forward noun, verb: To move forward in time.
flash frame noun: In video or film editing, a very short shot (usually one frame, but occasionally several) appearing in a sequence of images. Flash frames are usually the...
flash-freeze verb: To freeze something, especially food, very rapidly by subjecting it to cryogenic temperatures.
flash freezer noun: A machine or other implement designed for flash freezing.
flash freezing noun, verb: The process whereby objects are frozen in a few hours by subjecting them to cryogenic temperatures, or through direct contact with liquid nitrogen.
flash-fry verb: To fry (food) for a short time at a high heat, typically to brown a coating without overcooking the food inside.
flash fuel noun: Any natural forest material, such as grass or pine needles, that ignites easily and burns quickly.
Flash game noun: Synonym of browser game.
flash grenade noun: A flashbang.
flash gun noun: Alternative form of flashgun.
flash house noun: A brothel.
flash in the pan noun: A transient occurrence with no long-term impact.
flash-lag effect noun: A visual illusion wherein a flash and a moving object that appear in the same location are perceived to be displaced from one another.
flash-lag illusion noun: Synonym of flash-lag effect.
flash lock noun /flaʃ lɒk/: A simple single-gate lock on a river or canal.
flash marriage noun: In China, marriage between partners who have known each other for only a very short time.
flash memory noun: A rewritable memory chip that retains its data without a power supply.
flash mob noun: A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under F: 25,498 words, in 85 parts.