English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 193 of 373

Florițoaia Vechename

A commune and village in Ungheni Raion, Moldova.

Floroname

A surname from Italian.

floroonnoun

A border worked with flowers.

Florriename

A shortened form of the female given names Flora and Florence.

floruitverb

lived, used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.

florulanoun

flora of a small area, a small flora

florulentadj

Flowery; blossoming.

floryadj

Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.

Flory-Fox equationname

In polymer chemistry, a simple empirical formula that relates molecular weight to the glass transition temperature of a polymer system.

Floréalname

The eighth month of the French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 19 or 20.

flos-ferrinoun

A variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.

flosculariannoun

Any of the rotifers of the genus Floscularia.

flosculenoun

A floret.

flosequinannoun

A particular quinolone vasodilator.

floshnoun

Alternative form of floss (“fibres of corncob, bean plants, etc.”).

flossnoun

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

floss-silknoun

Alternative spelling of floss silk.

flossableadj

Capable of being flossed.

flossernoun

One who flosses the teeth.

flossibleadj

Alternative form of flossable.

Flossiename

A diminutive of the female given name Florence.

flossificationnoun

Flowering.

flossilyadv

In a flossy manner.

flossinessnoun

The quality of being flossy.

flossingnoun

The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss.

flosslikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of floss.

flossyadj

Resembling floss.

flotanoun

A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

flotagenoun

The state of floating.

flotantadj

Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.

flotateverb

To float.

flotating pointadj

Misconstruction of floating point.

flotationnoun

A state of floating, or being afloat.

flotationaladj

Pertaining to flotation.

floteverb

simple past of flite.

flotelnoun

a ship converted to a permanently moored hotel.

flothernoun

A miry bog.

flotillanoun

A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

flotillinnoun

Any of a group of proteins responsible for creating ordered platforms (or rafts) of lipids.

flotsamnoun

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

flotsam and jetsamnoun

The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.

flottantadj

Alternative form of flotant.

flottenadj

skimmed

Flottumname

A surname from Norwegian.

FLOTUSnoun

Acronym of First Lady of the United States.

flouffyadj

Alternative form of floofy.

flounceverb

To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.

flouncedadj

Having flounces; ruffled.

flouncernoun

One who flounces.

flounceyadj

Dated spelling of flouncy.

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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 193. 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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