English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 177 of 373

Fleischhackername

A surname from German.

fleischigadj

Meaty, containing meat.

Fleiss' kappanoun

A statistical measure for assessing the reliability of agreement between a fixed number of raters.

Fleitesname

A surname from German.

Flemname

A male given name.

flemeverb

To drive away, chase off; to banish.

Flemingnoun

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

Fleming Countyname

One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Flemingsburg.

Fleming valvenoun

An early kind of vacuum tube.

Fleming's right-hand rulename

A mnemonic that uses the right hand to show the direction of induced current when a conductor moves in a magnetic field.

Flemingiannoun

Synonym of Flandrian.

Flemingsburgname

A home rule city, the county seat of Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.

Flemingtonname

A locality and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Flemishadj

Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.

Flemish bondnoun

In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers) facing outwards, with alternate courses being offset.

Flemish coilnoun

A neat, flat spiral coil used for rope.

Flemishizationnoun

The process of Flemishizing.

Flemishizeverb

To render or become more Flemish.

Flemishnessnoun

The quality of being Flemish.

Flemmername

A surname from German.

Flemonsname

A surname.

Flennikenname

A surname from Dutch.

Flensburgname

An independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

flenseverb

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

flensernoun

One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)

flensersnoun

plural of flenser

flensingverb

present participle and gerund of flense

flerdnoun

A mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle.

flerfnoun

A flat-earther.

flerobuterolnoun

A particular antidepressant drug.

Flerovname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Флёров (Fljórov).

fleroviumnoun

The chemical element with atomic number 114.

fleroxacinnoun

A particular kind of quinolone.

fleshnoun

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

flesh and bloodadj

Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.

flesh and bonesadj

Alternative form of flesh and bone.

flesh gluenoun

Synonym of sarcocolla as a resin.

flesh loafnoun

Alternative spelling of fleshloaf.

flesh one's maiden swordverb

To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.

flesh outverb

To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

flesh tunnelnoun

A piercing in the earlobe which has been deliberately stretched to achieve a larger gauge.

flesh woundnoun

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.

flesh-bagnoun

A shirt.

flesh-brushnoun

Alternative form of flesh brush

flesh-coloredadj

Of the color of flesh, especially a white person's skin.

flesh-eatingadj

That consumes flesh; meat-eating.

flesh-flynoun

Alternative form of flesh fly.

fleshbagnoun

A human or human body, as opposed to a robot or incorporeal being.

fleshbrushnoun

A brush for scrubbing the skin while bathing.

fleshedverb

simple past and past participle of flesh

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The English alphabetical index for the letter F contains 18,613 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 373 pages, and you are currently viewing page 177. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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