English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 186 of 373

FLNname

The National Liberation Front political party (of various countries, but chiefly associated with Algeria).

Floname

A diminutive of the female given names Florence or Flora.

Flo-Townname

Nickname for Florence: a city, the county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States.

floatverb

To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).

float aroundverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see float, around.

float atverb

To present or make available to; offer, especially prospectively.

float like a butterflyverb

To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.

float someone's boatverb

To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.

float switchnoun

A sensor that detects the level of liquid in a tank and can react to changes in the measurement.

floatabilitynoun

The condition of being floatable

floatableadj

That may be floated.

floatantnoun

A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it float on the water.

floatbasenoun

An airport for floatplanes.

floatboardnoun

A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel.

floatedverb

simple past and past participle of float

floatelnoun

A floating hotel; a boatel

floaternoun

A person who floats.

floatestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of float

floatethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of float

floatienoun

Alternative spelling of floaty (“object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on; one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands to help the wearer float in water and learn to swim”).

floatilyadv

In a floaty manner.

floatinessnoun

The quality of being floaty.

floatingadj

That floats or float.

floating bognoun

A mat of bog vegetation which floats on the surface of water; a quaking bog.

floating car datanoun

A method to determine the traffic speed on a road network by monitoring the geolocations of drivers' mobile phones.

floating goldnoun

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floating islandnoun

An aggregation of driftwood and roots, or vegetation, capable of bearing soil, which floats on the surface of (bog or lake) water or is floated out from a river delta or similar.

floating signifiernoun

A signifier—that is, a linguistic sign, a label or slogan—with a vague and variable meaning.

Floating-Harbor syndromenoun

A rare disease characterized by the triad of proportionate short stature with delayed bone age, characteristic facial appearance, and delayed speech development.

floating-point operationnoun

Alternative form of floating point operation.

floatinglyadv

In a floating manner; so as to float or to appear to float.

floatlessadj

Without a float.

floatlinenoun

Synonym of corkline.

floatmakernoun

A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).

floatovernoun

A marine construction in which an upper structure is prebuilt and then floated into position over a lower part, often used for offshore oil rigs.

floatovoltaicadj

Of or referring to a photovoltaic cell designed to float in a water environment.

floatovoltaicsnoun

The technology of photovoltaic cells that float in a water environment.

floatplanenoun

A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.

floatsomenoun

Alternative form of flotsam.

floatsticknoun

A device used to measure the fuel level on modern aircraft.

floatstonenoun

A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.

floatyadj

Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.

flobnoun

Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

flobberverb

To sag and wobble.

flobberingnoun

The action of the verb flobber.

flobbyadj

full of saliva

Flobertnoun

A small rimfire cartridge designed for target shooting.

flocnoun

A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.

floccillationnoun

Picking at the bedclothes, usually seen in delirious, feverish or dying people.

floccinaucinihilipilificateverb

To describe, estimate or regard something as worthless.

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