English words: flexi disc to flintworking
300 English words, part 43 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.
English words flexi disc to flintworking
- flexi disc noun: A phonograph record, made of a thin vinyl sheet with a moulded spiral stylus groove, produced between 1960 and 2000 and sometimes used as a means of...
- flexi-leave noun: An arrangement where time off is granted in exchange for additional hours an employee has worked.
- flexi-schooling noun: An education regime involving both homeschooling and being taught at school.
- flexi time noun: Alternative spelling of flexitime.
- flexiback adjective, noun: Having a flexible binding, as opposed to hardcover.
- flexibilisation noun: Alternative form of flexibilization.
- flexibility noun /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/: The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
- flexibilization noun: The act or process of making something flexible.
- flexibilize verb: To make flexible/more flexible.
- flexibilizer noun: A substance added to a brittle material to make it more flexible
- flexible adjective, noun /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/: Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- flexible sigmoidoscopy noun: An intestinal examination from anal insertion using a flexible tube that can follow the intestinal curves.
- flexible time noun: Synonym of flexitime.
- flexibleness noun: The state or quality of being flexible.
- flexibly adverb: In a flexible manner.
- flexibound adjective: Synonym of flexiback.
- flexicity noun: A kind of postindustrial city.
- flexicostate adjective: Having bent or curved ribs.
- flexicuffs noun: disposable plastic handcuffs similar in appearance to cable ties
- flexicurity noun: A welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the...
- flexicurve noun: A strip of flexible material that can be used for drawing curves, measuring posture, etc.
- flexid noun: In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on a lower tooth.
- flexidisc noun: Alternative form of flexi disc.
- flexihours noun: Flexitime.
- flexile adjective: Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.
- flexileave noun: Alternative form of flexi-leave.
- flexility noun: The quality or degree of being flexile.
- flexing noun, verb /ˈflɛksɪŋ/: The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
- flexion noun /ˈflɛk.ʃən/: The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- flexional adjective: Dated spelling of flectional.
- flexionless adjective: inflectionless
- flexious adjective: Having bendings, turnings or windings.
- flexirubin noun: A carotenoid pigment (2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)...
- flexisexual adjective /ˌflɛk.sɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/: Having a fluid sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression.
- flexisexuality noun: The state of having a flexible sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression.
- flexistylous adjective: Related to, or exhibiting flexistyly
- flexistyly noun: A form of polymorphism in which the style and stigma of hermaphroditic flowers move over time.
- flexitank noun: A liquid storage container made from flexible material such as polyurethane.
- flexitarian adjective, noun /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/: One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
- flexitarianism noun: The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.
- flexitime noun: An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must...
- flexitimer noun: One who works on a flexitime arrangement.
- flexive adjective: Flexible.
- flexivirid noun: Any virus of the family Flexiviridae
- flexivirus noun: Any virus of the family Flexiviridae (now split into Alphaflexiviridae, Betaflexiviridae, Gammaflexiviridae and Deltaflexiviridae
- flexivore adjective, noun: One who is usually or primarily carnivore, but not strictly so.
- flexiwork noun: A flexitime working arrangement.
- flexiworker noun: One who works on a flexitime basis.
- flexiworking noun: Synonym of flexiwork.
- flexixanthin noun: A particular carotenoid.
- flexizyme noun: An artificial flexible tRNA aminoacylation ribozyme used to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins
- flexjob noun: Alternative form of flex job.
- Flexner proper noun: A surname.
- Flexnerian adjective: Of or relating to modern medical practices that crystallized with the 1910 publication of the Flexner Report, which criticized the loose standards of...
- flexo noun, prefix: flexography.
- flexodomain noun: Any of a set of regions of a nematic liquid crystal formed in the presence of an alternating electric field
- flexoelectric adjective: Of, pertaining to, or produced by flexoelectricity
- flexoelectrical adjective: Relating to flexoelectricity.
- flexoelectrically adverb: By means of flexoelectricity.
- flexoelectricity noun: The mechanoelectrical production of electricity by bending a material (especially some types of liquid crystal)
- flexoextension noun: flexion and extension of a digit
- flexoextensor noun: A muscle (or robotic equivalent) that can achieve flexoextension
- flexographer noun: One who uses the flexography system of printing.
- flexographic adjective: Of or pertaining to flexography
- flexographically adverb: By means of flexography.
- flexography noun: A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
- flexomagnetic adjective: Describing any magnetic effect produced by bending a material
- flexomagnetism noun: Magnetism produced by bending a material or from a strain gradient
- flexomagnetoelectric adjective: Describing any magnetoelectric effect produced by bending a material
- flexometallic adjective: flexible and metallic
- flexometer noun: An instrument for measuring flexibility.
- flexon noun: A flexural phonon.
- flexor noun /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/: A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
- flexor carpi radialis noun: A muscle in the anterior compartment of the human forearm which flexes the radiocarpal joint.
- flexor carpi ulnaris noun: A muscle in the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
- flexor digitorum communis noun: Flexor digitorum communis is a synonym of the flexor digitorum muscle
- flexor digitorum profundus noun: A muscle in the deep layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
- flexor digitorum superficialis noun: A muscle in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
- flexorplasty noun: Any of various surgical treatments for weakness or limited action of a flexor muscle.
- flexplace noun: An employment policy allowing employees to choose which location they will work from.
- flexplate noun: A disk that connects the output from an engine to the input of a torque converter in a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, taking the place of...
- flextension noun: A type of transducer that uses flexible, elastic shells to transmit and amplify displacements.
- flextensional adjective: flexural and extensional
- flextime noun: Alternative form of flexitime.
- flexting noun: The sending of flirtatious text messages.
- flexuose adjective: Alternative form of flexuous.
- flexuosely adverb: In a flexuose manner.
- flexuosity noun: Quality of being flexuous.
- flexuosol A noun: A resveratrol tetramer found in Vitis flexuosa.
- flexuous adjective /ˈflɛkʃ(ə)wəs/: winding from side to side; sinuous
- flexuously adverb: In a flexuous way.
- flexuousness noun: The state or condition of being flexuous.
- flexural adjective: of, or relating to, flexure
- flexurally adverb: In a flexural manner.
- flexure noun, verb /ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/: The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- flexus noun: A low, curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern.
- flexwing noun: The delta wing, made of fabric, of a hang glider or microlight
- flexy adjective: Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex; flexible; bendy.
- fley verb /fleɪ/: To frighten.
- fleyshik adjective, noun: Alternative form of fleischig.
- fleysome adjective: Alternative form of flaysome.
- flezelastine noun: A racemic antiasthmatic and antiallergic drug.
- FLI noun: Initialism of food loss index.
- fliable adjective: Alternative form of flyable.
- flibanserin noun: A drug that may be used to treat decreased libido in women
- flibbergib noun /ˈflɪbə(ɹ)d͡ʒɪb/: A sycophant.
- flibbertigibbet noun /ˌflɪbətiˈdʒɪbɪt/: An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
- flibbertigibbety adjective: Like a flibbertigibbet; flighty; scatterbrained.
- flibberty-gibbet noun: Alternative spelling of flibbertigibbet.
- flibbets noun: Splinters or match-wood - fragments
- flibustier noun: A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
- flic noun /flɪk/: A data file containing computer animations.
- flic-flac noun: Alternative form of flicflac (“ballet movement”).
- FLICE noun: Acronym of FADD-like ICE (“the cysteine protease CAP4”).
- flicflac noun: A brushing movement of the foot used in ballet as a connecting step.
- flick noun, verb /flɪk/: A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- flick book noun: Synonym of flip book.
- flick knife noun: A type of knife which has the blade mounted on a pivot so that it can fold back sideways into the handle when not in use, but can flick out straight,...
- flick off verb: To insult (someone) by showing them the back of one's fist with the middle finger extended.
- flick-on noun: A quick headed touch to pass to another player.
- flick on the afterburners verb: Synonym of switch on the afterburners.
- flick over verb: To change channels on a television.
- flick-screen adjective: Synonym of flip-screen.
- flick through verb: To browse rapidly.
- flickable adjective /ˈflɪkəbəl/: Capable of being flicked.
- flicker noun, verb /ˈflɪkə/: An unsteady flash of light.
- flicker fixer noun: A piece of computer hardware that deinterlaces an output video signal, resulting in a less flickery display on some systems.
- flicker goon verb: To masturbate rapidly.
- flicker noise noun: Synonym of pink noise.
- flicker show noun: A film exhibited by means of a film projector.
- flicker wheel noun: A rotating perforated disc that gives a flickery effect to light coming from behind it.
- flickerer noun: That which flickers.
- flickeriness noun: The state or condition of being flickery.
- flickering adjective, noun, verb /ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/: shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
- flickeringly adverb: In a flickering manner
- flickerless adjective: That does not flicker.
- flickersome adjective: Characterised or marked by flickering.
- flickertail noun: The North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
- flickertail squirrel noun: Richardson's ground squirrel Urocitellus richardsonii
- flickery adjective: Seeming to flicker; unsteady
- flicking noun, verb /ˈflɪkɪŋ/: The act by which something is flicked.
- Flickinger proper noun: A surname.
- Flickr noun: An account on Flickr.
- Flickrer noun: Someone who uses the photo-sharing website Flickr.
- Flickrite noun: Someone who uses the photo-sharing website Flickr.
- flicky adjective, noun: Easily flicked; thus, light and fast.
- flier adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of flyer (more common in US, except in the sense of "leaflet")
- Flieringa ring noun: A stainless steel ring sutured to the sclera to support the globe during difficult eye operations.
- flies noun, verb /flaɪz/: The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
- flies' graveyard noun: A sweet pastry filled with currants or raisins.
- Fliessian adjective: Of or relating to Wilhelm Fliess (German: Wilhelm Fließ; 1858–1928), German Jewish otolaryngologist who met and corresponded with Sigmund Freud and thus...
- fliey adjective: Alternative form of flyey.
- fliffis noun: In double mini trampoline, a kind of double somersault with a twist.
- fliffus noun: Any double somersault with some amount of twisting.
- FLIFO noun: Abbreviation of flight information.
- fligger verb /ˈflɪɡə/: To sneer.
- flight adjective, noun, verb /ˈflaɪ̯t/: The act of flying; the ability to fly.
- flight archery noun: A form of archery in which the aim is to shoot the greatest distance, without regard to accuracy.
- flight attendant noun: A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.
- flight bubble noun: An arrangement between two countries, states, or other administrative regions, that allows free air travel of residents between them while otherwise keeping...
- flight case noun: Alternative spelling of flightcase.
- flight ceiling noun: The highest altitude at which an aircraft may fly due to physical factors, such as low air density.
- flight code noun: A flight number.
- flight control noun: A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- flight controller noun: The person at the foiling controls to operate the hydrofoils on a boat or ship
- flight crew noun: An aircrew.
- flight data recorder noun: A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.
- flight deck noun: The deck of an aircraft carrier, where aircraft can land and take off.
- flight director noun: A system of a narrow horizontal and vertical bar overlaid on an aircraft's attitude indicator, with the bars deflecting to provide guidance as to the pitch...
- flight dispatcher noun: A person designated by an aircraft operator to control and supervise flight operations and to assist the pilot in command with flight planning, briefing,...
- flight engineer noun: A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.
- flight envelope noun: An aircraft's design capabilities in terms of airspeed, altitude, etc.
- flight feather noun: Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.
- flight hostess noun: Synonym of stewardess.
- flight information region noun: A specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided.
- flight instrument noun: A device that measures and displays data concerning one or more aspects of the situation of an aircraft, such as its altitude, attitude, airspeed, etc.
- flight interruption manifest noun: A substitute ticket issued by an airline due to a schedule change or other disruption to their service, allowing travel on another airline.
- flight jacket noun: Synonym of bomber jacket.
- flight level noun: Any of several internationally agreed standard altitudes that are based on atmospheric pressure rather than on true height
- flight lieutenant noun: A rank in the RAF, between that of flying officer and squadron leader, of a person in charge of a flight of aircraft, equivalent to a Royal Navy lieutenant...
- flight line noun: The precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run.
- flight-mare noun: Alternative form of flightmare
- flight mode noun: Synonym of airplane mode.
- flight number noun: A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4...
- flight nurse noun: The predecessor to flight attendants, who were registered nurses.
- flight of beer noun: Alternative form of beer flight.
- flight of beers noun: Alternative form of beer flight.
- flight of earls noun: the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607.
- flight of fancy noun: An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is...
- flight of ideas noun: Excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.
- flight path noun: A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air.
- flight plan noun: A document filed by a pilot prior to departure, containing essential information about the flight.
- flight recorder noun: A device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder...
- flight risk noun: The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.
- flight sequence noun: A series of cinematic shots of the flight of an aircraft
- flight-shot noun: The distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
- flight sickness noun: Synonym of airsickness.
- flight sock noun: A compression sock for use in prolonged periods of sitting during air travel.
- flight-specific adjective: clearly defined or identified for flight(s)
- flight square noun: An unattacked square to which the king can therefore move, usually in the context of checks.
- flight status noun: An updated notice of a flight's departure and arrival times compared to its scheduled times.
- flight stewardess noun: Synonym of stewardess.
- flight suit noun: A warm, durable full-body garment designed to be worn while flying an aircraft.
- flight ticket noun: Synonym of plane ticket.
- flight time noun: The total amount of time spent piloting aircraft, serving as the primary measure of a pilot's experience.
- flight-time equivalent dose noun: An informal unit of measure of ionizing radiation exposure, based on the radiological dose received during a given time period spent in an airliner at...
- flightcase noun: A case for safely transporting large, delicate items (usually specialized equipment).
- flightcraft noun: The ability, skill, or art of flying.
- flightcrew noun: Alternative form of flight crew.
- flighted adjective, verb: Having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
- flighten verb: Pronunciation spelling of frighten.
- flighter noun: A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.
- flightful adjective: Able to fly.
- flightily adverb: In a flighty manner.
- flightiness noun: The quality of being flighty.
- flightless adjective: Describing kinds of birds that normally cannot fly, such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
- flightless cormorant noun: A species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
- flightlessly adverb: Without the power of flight.
- flightlessness noun: The state or condition of being flightless.
- flightline noun: Alternative form of flight line.
- flightling noun: One who flees or takes flight; an escapee, fugitive, or refugee.
- flightmap noun: A tracker for a flight that includes nearby flights and airspace borders.
- flightmare noun: An unpleasant flight or experience during air travel.
- flightpath noun: Alternative spelling of flight path.
- flightseeing noun: Sightseeing from an aircraft.
- flightseer noun: A person who sightsees from an aircraft.
- flightshot noun: The distance to which an arrow can be fired.
- flightsome adjective: Marked by flight or fleeing; apt or prone to flee or take off; (by extension) not dependable; irresponsible; flaky
- flightsuit noun: Alternative form of flight suit.
- flightworthiness noun: airworthiness
- flightworthy adjective: Safe enough to fly
- flighty adjective /ˈflaɪti/: Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- flim noun: Clipping of flim-flam (“confidence trick”).
- flim flam noun /ˈflɪmflæm/: Alternative form of flim-flam.
- flimflam noun, verb /ˈflɪmflæm/: Alternative form of flim-flam.
- flimflammer noun: A swindler; a con artist.
- flimflammery noun: nonsense
- flimmer noun, verb /ˈflɪmə(ɹ)/: A flickering glimmer.
- flimp verb: To steal; to commit petty theft.
- flimsies noun, verb /ˈflɪmziz/: Skimpy underwear.
- flimsily adverb: In a flimsy manner
- flimsiness noun: The quality of being flimsy.
- flimsy adjective, noun, verb /ˈflɪmzi/: Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- flinch noun, verb /ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/: A reflexive jerking away.
- flincher noun: One who flinches.
- flinching noun, verb: A flinching motion; a flinch.
- flinchingly adverb: With a flinching motion.
- flinchless adjective: Unflinching; boldly resolute.
- flinchy adjective: Tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.
- flinder noun, verb /flɪndə/: A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
- flindermouse noun: A bat (the mammal).
- flinders noun, verb /ˈflɪndəz/: fragments, splinters
- Flinders bar noun: A vertical soft iron bar placed in a tube typically on the fore side of a compass binnacle, used to counteract the horizontal effect of vertical magnetism...
- Flinders grass noun: Any member of the genus Iseilema of Asian and Australian grasses.
- flindersia noun: A tree of the genus Flindersia.
- flindosa noun: Alternative form of flindosy.
- flindosy noun: Synonym of crow's ash.
- fling noun, verb /ˈflɪŋ/: An act of throwing, often violently.
- fling off verb: To cast away; to disown, abandon.
- fling out verb: To throw out, throw away.
- flingee noun: A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance.
- flinger noun: One who flings or hurls something.
- flinging noun, verb /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/: The act by which something is flung.
- flingy adjective: Characterized by flinging.
- Flink proper noun: A surname.
- flinkite noun: A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
- Flinn proper noun: A surname.
- flint noun, verb /flɪnt/: A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel...
- Flint Coney noun: A Michigan hot dog featuring a natural-casing Koegel's Vienna-style frank, topped with a thick, crumbly, and heavily spiced dry meat sauce.
- flint corn noun: Synonym of Indian corn (“variety of maize with different-coloured kernels”).
- flint disease noun: chalicosis
- flint-eyed adjective: Synonym of steely-eyed.
- flint glass noun: A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware and in optical instruments.
- flint-hearted adjective: Synonym of hardhearted.
- flint mill noun: A mill in which flints are ground.
- flint paper noun: sandpaper
- flinthead noun: A bird, the wood stork.
- flinthearted adjective: Alternative form of flint-hearted.
- flintify verb: To turn to flint.
- flintily adverb /ˈflɪntəˌli/: In a flinty manner.
- flintiness noun: The state or condition of being flinty.
- flinting noun, verb: The act of making a flint tool.
- Flintite noun: A person from or resident of Flint, Michigan.
- flintknapper noun: One who makes tools by knapping flint.
- flintknapping noun: The creation of tools by knapping flint.
- flintless adjective: Without flint.
- flintlike adjective: Resembling flint; stony.
- flintlime noun: A mixture of lime (calcium) and crushed flint used to make calcium silicate bricks.
- flintlock noun /ˈflɪntˌlɒk/: An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
- flintlock mechanism noun: A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
- Flintoff proper noun: A surname
- Flintshire proper noun /ˈflɪnt.ʃə(ɹ)/: A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south...
- flintstone noun: A piece of flint.
- Flintstonesque adjective: Synonym of Flintstonian.
- Flintstonian adjective /flɪntˈstəʊ.ni.ən/: Outdated or no longer in vogue.
- flintware noun: A superior kind of earthenware made with flint.
- flintwood noun: The very hard wood of a blackbutt tree, Eucalyptus spp., especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
- flintwork noun /ˈflɪntwɜː(ɹ)k/: work with flint
- flintworker noun: A person who produces flintwork.
- flintworking noun: The manufacture of simple tools from flints
Part 42 · Part 44 · English words: F
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.