English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 190 of 373

floorplanningnoun

The act of designing a floor plan (electronic circuit design).

floorplatenoun

A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.

floorsetnoun

The process of rearranging all the goods in a store to give a fresh appearance, often according to a planogram.

floorshownoun

A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.

floorspacenoun

The surface area of the floor in a building.

floorstonenoun

A stone making up part of a floor or flooring.

floortimenoun

A form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.

floorwalkingnoun

The work of a floorwalker; retail supervision.

floorwardadv

Toward the floor.

floorwardsadv

Towards the floor.

floorwaynoun

An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.

floorwiseadv

Like a floor.

floorwomannoun

A female floorman.

floorworknoun

Any part of dance or aerobics performed close to the floor.

floozienoun

A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.

flopverb

To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

flop downverb

To sit or lie in a casual or lazy manner

flop eranoun

A period marked by failure, lack of success, or the inability to function.

flop forverb

To fall for (someone); to fall in love with (someone).

flop sweatnoun

Sweat due to nervousness, especially fear of failure.

flop-earedadj

Having ears that flop, having long ears which hang down loosely.

flopdomnoun

The realm of flops or failures.

flophousenoun

A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.

floplessadj

Describing the asymmetric behaviour of a flippase in moving a phospholipid in one direction only.

flopovernoun

The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.

floppanoun

A caracal (Caracal caracal), especially one kept as an exotic pet.

floppernoun

One who flops.

flopperoonoun

A flop; an utter failure.

floppilyadv

In a floppy manner.

floppinessnoun

The characteristic or quality of being floppy

floppingnoun

The motion of something that flops.

floppinglyadv

With a flopping motion.

floppyadj

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

floppy disknoun

A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

floppy diskette drivenoun

A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.

floppy-wristedadj

Making or involving a flopping motion with the wrist(s).

floppyfulnoun

The amount (of data) that a floppy disk can hold.

flopristinnoun

A streptogramin antibiotic.

FLOPSnoun

One flop per second.

flopsweatnoun

Alternative form of flop sweat.

flopsyadj

Synonym of floppy.

floptasticadj

Of an attempt or endeavor, spectacularly unsuccessful.

flopticaladj

Using a combination of magnetic and optical technology.

floptical disknoun

A form of floppy disk whose head tracking was optically controlled (superseded by compact disc technology).

floptoknoun

A genre of TikTok videos, typically low-quality shitposts similar to those of Stan Twitter.

flopulistnoun

A failed populist.

flopwingnoun

A bird, the lapwing.

flornoun

A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.

floranoun

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

Florabamaname

The panhandle region of Florida, where the culture and accent of the people are hardly distinguishable from that of Alabama, that can be said to be part of the Deep South.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 190. 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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