English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 187 of 373

floccinaucinihilipilificationnoun

The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.

floccinaucinihilipilificatiousadj

unimportant, worthless

floccoseadj

Covered or growing in wooly tufts

floccoselyadv

In a floccose manner.

floccularadj

Of or pertaining to the flocculus.

flocculateverb

To collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.

flocculationnoun

A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.

flocculenoun

A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.

flocculectomynoun

excision of a floccule of the brain

flocculencenoun

The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.

flocculentadj

Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.

flocculentlyadv

In a flocculent manner.

flocculonodularadj

Pertaining to the nodule and flocculus of the cerebellum.

flocculusnoun

A small fluffy tuft.

floccusnoun

A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.

Flochname

A surname.

flocknoun

A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

flock papernoun

Wallpaper coated with flock, fixed with glue or size.

flockenoun

Obsolete form of flock.

flockedverb

simple past and past participle of flock

flockenverb

plural simple present of be.

flockernoun

One who or that which flocks; a bird species that forms flocks.

flockethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flock

flockfulnoun

The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).

flocklessadj

Without a flock.

flocklikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of flocks.

flocklingnoun

A lamb.

flockmasternoun

A head shepherd.

flockmatenoun

A member of the same flock.

flockmealadv

In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.

flockownernoun

Someone who owns a flock of animals.

flocksnoun

plural of flock

Flocktonname

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2415).

flockwiseadv

In or as a flock.

flockyadj

Abounding with flocks (tufts); floccose.

flocoumafennoun

A particular anticoagulant.

flodenoun

Obsolete form of flood.

Flodgename

The Forest Lodge Hotel in Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia.

floenoun

A low, flat mass of floating ice.

floebergnoun

An accumulation of ice floes resembling an iceberg.

Floer homologynoun

A tool for studying symplectic geometry and low-dimensional topology. It is a novel invariant that arises as an infinite-dimensional analog of finite-dimensional Morse homology.

Floerschname

A surname from German.

flogverb

To whip or scourge as punishment.

flog a dead ponyverb

To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.

flog the clockverb

To set the clock forward in order to shorten one's time on watch.

flog the logverb

To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.

flog-bottomistnoun

A teacher or tutor with a propensity for caning students.

floggableadj

Able to be flogged.

floggeenoun

One who receives a flogging.

floggernoun

One who flogs.

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