English words: fleabag to flexi-boarding

300 English words, part 42 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.

English words fleabag to flexi-boarding

fleabag noun /ˈfliˌbæɡ/: A bed or sleeping bag.
Fleabag era noun: A period in a woman's life characterized by cynicism, despondency, and self-destructive behaviour.
fleabane noun /ˈfliːbeɪn/: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
fleabeetle noun: Alternative form of flea beetle.
fleabite noun /ˈfliːbʌɪt/: The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
fleabiting noun: The act or result of a flea's bite.
fleabitten adjective: flea-ridden
fleaborne adjective: Transmitted by fleas.
fleadh noun /flɑː/: An Irish music festival with competitions for the best performance on various instruments.
Fleagle proper noun: A surname.
fleahopper noun: Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
fleak noun, verb /fliːk/: A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
fleaker noun: A container used for liquids in a laboratory, combining the flat base and wide profile of a beaker with the narrowed neck of a flask.
fleaking noun, verb: In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.
flealike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a flea.
fleam noun /fliːm/: A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
fleamarket noun, verb: Alternative form of flea market.
fleamy adjective /ˈfliːmi/: bloody; clotted
fleapit noun: Alternative spelling of flea pit.
fleaproof adjective: Resistant to fleas.
flear-mouse noun: Alternative form of flittermouse.
flearidden adjective: Alternative spelling of flea-ridden.
fleasome adjective /ˈfliːsəm/: Covered in fleas.
fleaweed noun: A plant, the lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
fleawort noun: Any of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
flecainide noun /flɛˈkeɪˌnaɪd/: An antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its acetate C₁₇H₂₀F₆N₂O₃·C₂H₄O₂ especially to treat serious ventricular arrhythmias.
Flecha proper noun: A surname.
fleche noun, verb /flɛʃ/: An arrow.
fleche faitiere noun: A type of decorated spear used by the Kanak to adorn their rooftops.
flechette noun /fleɪˈʃɛt/: A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.
fleck noun, verb /flɛk/: A flake.
flecked adjective, verb /flɛkt/: Containing flecks
Fleckenstein proper noun: A surname.
flecker verb: To fleck; to speckle.
fleckered adjective, verb: Having flecks or speckles.
fleckerl noun: A dance step, involving revolving without moving forward, sometimes used in a Viennese waltz
fleckiness noun: The quality of being flecky.
flecking noun, verb /ˈflɛkɪŋ/: A flecked pattern.
fleckless adjective /ˈflɛkləs/: Without flecks, spots or blemishes.
flecklessly adverb: In a fleckless manner.
flecklessness noun: Absence of flecks.
flecky adjective /ˈflɛki/: Having flecks.
flecnodal adjective: Relating to a flecnode
flecnode noun: A double point that is also a point of inflexion of one branch.
flection noun: Alternative spelling of flexion.
flectional adjective: Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
flectionless adjective: Alternative spelling of flexionless.
flectopodium noun: Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
flector noun /ˈflɛktə(ɹ)/: Dated form of flexor.
fledge adjective, verb /flɛd͡ʒ/: To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
fledged adjective, verb /flɛd͡ʒd/: Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
fledgedness noun /ˈflɛd͡ʒɪdnɪs/: The state, quality, or condition of being fledged.
fledgeless adjective: Of a bird, that has not fledged.
fledgeling noun: Alternative spelling of fledgling.
fledgling adjective, noun /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/: Untried or inexperienced.
fledglinghood noun: The state or time of being a fledgling.
fledgy adjective: Feathered or feathery.
flee verb /ˈfliː/: To run away; to escape.
fleeable adjective: Able to be fled from; escapable.
fleece noun, verb /fliːs/: Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
fleece rot noun: Pelt rot affecting the wool of sheep.
fleece wool noun: Fleece shorn from the living animal.
fleeceable adjective: able to be fleeced; naive and gullible
fleeced adjective, verb: Having a fleece.
fleeceflower noun: Any of several plants of the genera Fallopia, Persicaria or Polygonum.
fleeceless adjective: Without fleece.
fleecelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of fleece.
fleecer noun: A person who fleeces; a swindler
fleeceware noun: Apparel into which fleece-textile is fabricated.
fleecewear noun: clothing made of fleece
fleech verb: To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
fleeching noun, verb: cajolery; flattery
fleechment noun: cajolery; flattery
fleecily adverb: In a fleecy way.
fleeciness noun: The quality of being fleecy
fleecing noun, verb: A confidence trick.
fleecy adjective /ˈfliːsi/: Resembling or covered in fleece.
fleed noun /fliːd/: The internal fat of a pig before it is melted into lard.
fleeing noun, verb /ˈfliːɪŋ/: The act of one who flees.
fleek adjective /fliːk/: Alternative form of on fleek.
fleeky adjective /ˈfliːki/: On fleek.
Fleener proper noun: A surname.
Fleenor proper noun: A surname.
fleer noun, verb /flɪə/: To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
fleerer noun: Someone who fleers; a grinner or smirker
fleering noun, verb: scorn; derision
fleeringly adverb: In a fleering manner; scornfully; with derision.
fleet adjective, noun, verb /ˈfliːt/: A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
fleet admiral noun: The highest rank in the United States Navy, NATO grade OF-10, used only during World War II.
fleet captain noun: A captain in command of a fleet, convoy, or flotilla.
fleet carrier noun: A large carrier designed to serve with a nation's primary fleet (as opposed to smaller classes of carrier such as light carriers and escort carriers).
fleet footed adjective: Alternative form of fleetfooted.
fleet in being noun: A naval fleet which exerts an influence while remaining in port.
fleet landing noun: The place along a shoreline or pier used by sailors to go ashore or board a boat
fleet leader noun: The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.
Fleet marriage noun: An irregular or clandestine marriage taking place in Fleet Prison, London, England, before the Marriage Act came into force in 1754.
fleet of foot adjective: Synonym of fleetfooted.
Fleet parson noun: A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century
fleet race noun: A race in sport sail yachting where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time.
fleet racing noun: A type of sport sail yachting event where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time. (The famous...
Fleet Street dove noun: A prostitute.
fleet up verb: To be promoted from within a command or unit (e.g. for an officer on a ship to be promoted to commanding officer of the ship).
fleeter adjective, noun: A member of a fleet.
fleetfooted adjective: Swift on one's feet.
fleetful adjective: swift, rapid
fleeting adjective, noun, verb /ˈfliːtɪŋ/: Passing quickly; of short duration.
fleeting note noun: A quick, temporary jotting of an idea, thought, or insight; designed for rapid capture and meant to be processed or discarded soon after, not stored...
fleetingly adverb: in a fleeting manner; transiently
fleetingness noun: The quality of being fleeting.
fleetings noun: A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
fleetly adverb: In a fleet manner; swiftly
fleetmate noun: A boat in the same fleet
fleetname noun: The name of a fleet of buses, coaches or lorries
fleetness noun /ˈfliːt.nəs/: The quality of being fleet or swift; rapidity.
fleetside noun: A pickup truck having flat bedsides. The rear quarter panels are flat and run lengthways along the wheel-well openings.
fleetwide adjective, adverb: Throughout a fleet.
Fleetwood proper noun /ˈfliːt.wʊd/: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).
fleflecnode noun: A double point that is also a point of inflexion of both branches.
fleg noun: Pronunciation spelling of flag, representing Ulster English.
Flegel proper noun: A surname from German.
flehm noun, verb: To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw back the lips, allowing scent to reach the Jacobson’s organ, an auxiliary olfactory organ found in many animals.
flehmen noun, verb /ˈfleɪmən/: Alternative form of flehm.
flehmen response noun: A behavior in which an animal curls back its upper lip exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed, and then often holds this...
Fleischer proper noun: A surname from German.
Fleischer's syndrome noun: An extremely rare congenital anomaly characterized by displacement of the nipples, occasional polymastia, and hypoplasia of both kidneys.
fleischerite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing germanium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
fleischig adjective, noun /ˈfleɪʃɪk/: Meaty, containing meat.
Fleischman proper noun: A surname.
Fleischmann proper noun: A surname.
Fleisher proper noun: A surname.
fleishig adjective, noun: Alternative form of fleischig.
fleishik adjective, noun: Alternative form of fleischig.
Fleishman proper noun: A surname.
Fleiss' kappa noun: A statistical measure for assessing the reliability of agreement between a fixed number of raters.
Fleissner grille noun: A kind of cryptographic grille that can be rotated for greater complexity.
Flem proper noun: A male given name.
fleme verb: To drive away, chase off; to banish.
flemiflavanone noun: Any of a group of flavanones, found in Flemingia stricta, some of which are antibiotics.
fleming noun, verb /ˈflɛmɪŋ/: A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
Fleming valve noun: An early kind of vacuum tube.
Flemingian noun: Synonym of Flandrian.
Flemingsburg proper noun: A home rule city, the county seat of Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.
Flemington proper noun: A locality and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
flemish adjective, noun, verb /ˈflɛmɪʃ/: Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic...
Flemish account noun: A tangled and unsatisfactory account or reckoning.
Flemish beauty noun: A reddish-yellow pear cultivar of Belgian origin.
Flemish bend noun: A type of bend knot used to join the ends of two ropes of similar thickness, based on the figure-of-eight knot.
Flemish bond noun: In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers)...
Flemish coil noun /ˌflɛmɪʃ ˈkɔɪl/: A neat, flat spiral coil used for rope.
Flemish eye noun: An eye splice formed by unlaying one strand of a rope's end and laying it up round the eye formed by the other portion of the rope's end.
Flemish gable noun: Synonym of Dutch gable.
Flemish Giant noun: The largest breed of domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus.
Flemish horse noun: A draft horse of a Belgian breed that became extinct in the 19th century when it was merged with the Brabant to create the Belgian Draught, but has since...
Flemish stitch noun: A stitch used in making certain kinds of point lace.
Flemishization noun: The process of Flemishizing.
Flemishize verb: To render or become more Flemish.
Flemishness noun: The quality of being Flemish.
Flemming proper noun: A surname.
flench verb: Alternative form of flense.
Flensburg proper noun: An independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
flense verb /ˈflɛns/: To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
flenser noun: One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
flensing noun, verb: The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
flerd noun /flɜːd/: A mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle.
flerobuterol noun: A particular antidepressant drug.
flerofloxacin noun: A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic
flerovium noun /flɪˈɹoʊviəm/: The chemical element with atomic number 114.
fleroxacin noun: A particular kind of quinolone.
FLES noun: Initialism of foreign language in the elementary school.
Flesch proper noun: A surname.
flesh noun, verb /flɛʃ/: The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
flesh and blood adjective, noun: Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.
flesh and bone adjective, noun: Synonym of flesh and blood.
flesh and bones adjective, noun: Alternative form of flesh and bone.
flesh-bag noun: A shirt.
flesh broth noun: Broth made by boiling meat in water.
flesh brush noun: A brush for rubbing the skin to stimulate the circulation.
flesh-colored adjective: Of the color of flesh, especially a white person's skin.
flesh-coloured adjective: British English standard form of flesh-colored.
flesh-crawling adjective: Synonym of skin-crawling.
flesh-eating adjective: That consumes flesh.
flesh-eating disease noun: Synonym of necrotizing fasciitis.
flesh fest noun: Alternative form of fleshfest.
flesh fly noun: Any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion.
flesh glue noun: Synonym of sarcocolla as a resin.
flesh on the bones noun: Synonym of meat on the bones.
flesh one's maiden sword verb: To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.
flesh out verb: To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
flesh-pot noun: Alternative form of fleshpot
flesh-pressing noun: The act of shaking hands.
flesh tunnel noun: A piercing in the earlobe which has been deliberately stretched to achieve a larger gauge.
flesh wound noun: An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
fleshbrush noun: A brush for scrubbing the skin while bathing.
fleshcolored adjective: Alternative form of flesh-colored.
fleshcoloured adjective: Alternative form of flesh-colored.
fleshed adjective, verb /flɛʃt/: Having flesh; corpulent.
fleshed out adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of fleshed out.
fleshen verb: To make or become fleshy; fill out
flesher noun: A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
fleshfest noun: A feast or celebration featuring flesh (all senses).
fleshfly noun: Alternative spelling of flesh fly.
fleshhood noun /ˈflɛʃhʊd/: The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.
fleshhook noun: A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
fleshhouse noun /flɛʃ.haʊs/: A place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.
fleshie noun /ˈflɛʃi/: A minifig with a flesh-colored complexion rather than the traditional yellow.
fleshify verb: To make or become flesh; to incarnate.
fleshily adverb: In a fleshy manner.
fleshiness noun: The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
fleshings noun: Flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers)
fleshless adjective: Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean.
fleshlessness noun: The state or condition of being fleshless; absence of flesh.
fleshlight noun /ˈflɛʃˌlaɪ̯t/: A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.
fleshlihood noun: Quality of being fleshly; carnality.
fleshlike adjective: Resembling flesh
fleshlily adverb: In a fleshly or carnal manner.
fleshliness noun: Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; bodily appetites.
fleshling noun: A creature made of flesh; a human being.
fleshly adjective, adverb: Of or relating to the body.
Fleshman proper noun: A surname.
fleshmeat noun: The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
fleshmeet noun: An in-person meeting, particularly between people whose regular communication is exclusively or primarily online.
fleshment noun: The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
fleshmonger noun: One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
fleshpot noun /ˈflɛʃ.pɒt/: A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
fleshpottery noun: sumptuous living
fleshquake noun: A tremor or quiver of the body.
fleshspace noun: Meatspace, the physical world.
fleshtuber noun /ˈflɛʃt(j)ubəɹ/: A content creator who appears on video platforms such as YouTube or Twitch using their real, unaltered appearance.
fleshworm noun: A worm that feeds on flesh.
fleshy adjective /ˈflɛʃi/: Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
fleshy lupine noun: Lupinus affinis, an herb of the US Pacific.
flesinoxan noun /flɛsɪˈnɒksæn/: A piperazine drug with potential applications as an antidepressant and anxiolytic.
flestolol noun: A beta-adrenergic blocking drug.
flet noun: Floor; bottom; lower surface.
fletazepam noun: A benzodiazepine drug with strong muscle relaxant properties.
fletch noun, verb /flɛt͡ʃ/: The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
fletched adjective, verb: Of an arrow or dart, fitted with fletches.
fletcher noun /ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/: One who fletches or feathers arrows.
Fletcher checksum noun: Alternative form of Fletcher's checksum.
Fletcher's checksum noun: A kind of position-dependent checksum intended to provide error-detection properties approaching those of a cyclic redundancy check but with less computation.
Fletcherian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the dietary system called Fletcherism.
Fletcherism noun: A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
Fletcherist noun: Synonym of Fletcherite.
fletcherite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
fletcherize verb: To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.
fletching noun, verb: The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
fletiferous adjective: Producing tears.
fletikumab noun: A monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Flett proper noun: A surname.
flettermouse noun: Alternative form of flittermouse.
Flettner noun: Clipping of Flettner rotor.
Flettner rotor noun: A smooth cylinder with disc end-plates which is spun along its long axis and, as air passes at right angles across it, the Magnus effect causes an...
fletton noun /ˈflɛtən/: A clay brick.
fleur noun: fleur-de-lis
fleur de lis noun /ˌflɝdəˈlis/: A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated...
fleur-de-lised adjective: Alternative spelling of fleur-de-lysed.
fleur-de-lisée adjective: Alternative form of fleur-de-lysed.
fleur-de-lys noun: Alternative form of fleur-de-lis.
fleur-de-lysed adjective: Decorated with fleur-de-lys.
fleur de sel noun: Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking.
fleurantiid noun: Any lungfish of the family Fleurantiidae
fleurdelisé adjective: Synonym of fleur-de-lysed.
fleuret noun: An ornament resembling a small flower.
fleurette noun: Alternative form of fleuret (“ornament”).
fleurettée adjective: Alternative form of floretty.
fleurettes noun: A card game from the seventeenth century.
fleuretty adjective: Alternative form of floretty.
Fleuri proper noun: A surname.
fleuron noun /ˈflʊɹɑn/: An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
fleury adjective: Alternative spelling of flory.
Flevoland proper noun: A province of the Netherlands.
Flevolander noun: A person from Flevoland.
flew adjective, noun, verb /fluː/: The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.
flewed adjective: Having large flews, the hanging upper lip common to certain breeds of dog.
Flewelling proper noun: A surname.
Flewian adjective: Of or relating to Antony Flew (1923–2010), English philosopher.
flex noun, verb /flɛks/: Flexibility, pliancy.
flex account noun: Clipped compound of flexible spending account.
flex-cuff noun, verb: A plastic restraint device, used for quickly and temporarily securing an individual.
flex-fuel adjective: Of a motor vehicle: having its internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel.
flex job noun: In Denmark, a form of subsidized employment in the private sector for those with disabilities etc.
flex off noun, verb: A competitive or friendly showdown where competitors voluntarily contract, isolate, and display their muscles to showcase their definition, size, and symmetry.
flex on verb: To bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone).
flex one's muscles verb: To tense and bend one's flexor muscles.
flex out verb: To respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).
flex-time noun: Alternative form of flexitime.
flex up verb: To increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
flexagon noun: A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
flexanimous adjective: Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flexatone noun: A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
flexatube noun: A folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the...
flexbone noun: A formation involving three running backs in which a fullback is lined up behind the quarterback and two slotbacks are lined up behind the line of scrimmage...
flexbox noun: A CSS3 layout model that allows elements on a web page to be arranged in certain ways within a one-dimensional container.
flexcation noun: A holiday where work and play is mixed to extend the vacation, without using up additional paid time off.
flexdollar noun: An amount of money, paid by an employer to an employee, that can be spent on any of various benefits.
flexecutive noun: An executive or other professional who works flexible hours, sometimes from home via the Internet
flexed adjective, verb /flɛkst/: Bent.
flexer noun /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/: One who flexes something physically.
flexi adjective, noun, prefix: Clipping of flexitime.
flexi-boarding noun: An arrangement where a pupil stays overnight at a boarding school only on certain nights of the week.

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.