English words: F

908 words under F; 401–500 on this page.

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• flagstaff noun (a flagstaff, flagstaffs or flagstaves)
  A tall pole on which a flag is flown; a flagpole.
• flagstone noun (flagstones)
  A flagstone is a flat stone slab used for paving a path, a yard or a floor.
• flail noun (flails); verb (flail, flails, flailed, flailing)
  A flail is an old farm tool: a wooden stick swung on a handle to beat grain from its husks.
• flake noun (a flake, flakes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small, thin, flat piece of something, like a snowflake or a flake of paint.
• flaky adjective (flaky, flakier, flakiest — also spelled flakey)
  Flaky means breaking off easily into thin, flat pieces called flakes.
• flame noun (a flame, flames); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flame is the hot, bright, burning gas you see in a fire: the flame of a candle.
• flamenco noun (flamenco, uncountable; a flamenco)
  Flamenco is a lively, passionate kind of music, singing and dance from southern Spain (Andalusia), with guitar playing, hand clapping and…
• flaming adjective (flaming; before nouns in the swearing sense)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  a softer stand-in for «bloody» to show annoyance: «that flaming dog».
• flamingo noun (a flamingo, flamingos or flamingoes)
  A flamingo is a tall wading bird with long thin legs, a long bendy neck, pink feathers and a curved beak, that lives in big groups by…
• flammable adjective (flammable)
  Flammable means easily set on fire and burning quickly.
• flange noun (a flange, flanges)
  A flange is a flat rim or edge that sticks out around a pipe, wheel or metal part, used to make it stronger, hold it in place or join it…
• flank noun (a flank, flanks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The side of an animal's or person's body between the ribs and the hip.
• flannel noun (flannels)
  A flannel is a soft woollen cloth, often used to wash the face.
• flap verb (flap, flaps, flapped, flapping); noun (a flap, flaps)
  To flap is to move up and down or from side to side quickly, like a bird's wings or a flag in the wind.
• flapping verb, the -ing form of «flap»…
  Flapping means moving wings or arms up and down quickly.
• flaps verb form (flaps, from flap); noun plural (flaps, of flap)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flaps is the form of «flap» used with he, she or it: «The bird flaps its wings.».
• flare noun (flare, flares); verb (flare, flares, flared, flaring)
  A flare is a very bright light or flame used as a signal for help, especially at sea.
• flash noun (a flash, flashes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flash is a quick bright light.
• flashback noun (a flashback, flashbacks)
  A flashback is a part of a story, film or play that goes back to show something that happened earlier.
• flashcard noun (a flashcard, flashcards); also flash card
  A flashcard is a small card with a word, picture, question or sum on one side and the answer on the other, used to learn and remember…
• flashlight noun (a flashlight, flashlights)
  A flashlight is a small electric light you hold in your hand, powered by batteries; in the UK, Ireland and Australia it is usually called…
• flashy adjective (flashy, flashier, flashiest)
  Flashy means bright, shiny or showy, made to attract attention, often in a way that seems too much.
• flask noun (a flask, flasks)
  A flask is a container that keeps drinks hot or cold, also called a vacuum flask or Thermos.
• flaskful noun (plural flaskfuls)
  A flaskful is as much as a flask can hold.
• flat adjective (flat, flatter, flattest); noun (a flat, flats)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flat means smooth and level, with no bumps or hills.
• flatfish noun (a flatfish, flatfish or flatfishes)
  A flatfish is a fish with a flat body that lies on one side on the sea floor, such as a plaice, sole, flounder, halibut or turbot.
• flatlined verb (flatline, flatlines, flatlined, flatlining); noun…
  died; the heart stopped, so the line on the heart monitor became flat.
• flatly adverb
  Flatly means completely and firmly, with no doubt: "She flatly refused.".
• flatten verb (flatten, flattens, flattened, flattening)
  To make something flat or flatter by pressing or rolling it.
• flattened verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or squashing.
• flatter verb (flatter, flatters, flattered, flattering); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To praise someone too much, often not sincerely, to please them or get something.
• flatterer noun (plural flatterers)
  A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you.
• flattery noun (flattery — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flattery is praise that is too much or not sincere, often given to please someone or to get something from them.
• flatworm noun (a flatworm, flatworms)
  A simple soft worm with a flat body and no legs; many live in water or damp places, and some are parasites that live inside other animals.
• flavor noun (plural flavors); verb (flavors, flavored, flavoring)…
  The flavor of food is how it tastes.
• flavour noun (flavour, flavours — UK; flavor — US); verb…
  Flavour is the taste of food or drink: a lemon flavour.
• flaw noun (a flaw, flaws)
  A flaw is a small mark, crack or fault that spoils something.
• flawless adjective (flawless)
  Flawless means perfect, without any mistakes, marks or faults.
• flax noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.
• flay verb (flays, flayed, flaying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To flay an animal is to strip the skin off it.
• flea noun (a flea, fleas)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood.
• fleck noun (a fleck, flecks); verb…
  A fleck is a tiny spot or mark of colour, or a small piece of something, like a fleck of paint or dust.
• fledged adjective…
  A fledged bird has grown the feathers it needs to fly.
• fledgling noun (a fledgling, fledglings); adjective (fledgling)
  A young bird that has just grown its feathers and is learning to fly.
• flee verb (flee, flees, fled, fleeing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly.
• fleece noun (a fleece, fleeces); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece.
• fleecy adjective (fleecier, fleeciest)
  Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece.
• fleet noun (a fleet, fleets); adjective (fleet — literary)
  A group of ships, especially navy ships, that sail together.
• fleeth verb, old form of «flees» (he, she, it)
  «fleeth» means «flees», a form of «flee»: To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly.
• fleming proper noun…
  Fleming is a family name.
• flemish adjective (Flemish); noun…
  Flemish means to do with Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, or its people.
• flesh noun (flesh — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flesh is the soft part of the body of a person or animal, between the skin and bones, mostly muscle and fat.
• fleshy adjective (fleshy, fleshier, fleshiest)
  Fleshy means thick, soft and juicy, especially describing fruit or plant parts, like a fleshy peach or fleshy cactus leaves.
• flex verb (flex, flexes, flexed, flexing); noun…
  To flex means to bend a part of your body, like your arm or fingers.
• flexibility noun (flexibility — uncountable)
  Flexibility is the ability to bend easily without breaking.
• flexible adjective (flexible, more flexible, most flexible)
  Something flexible can bend easily without breaking, like rubber or a plastic ruler.
• flexion noun (flexion, flexions)
  Flexion is bending a joint so that the angle between the bones gets smaller, like bending your elbow or knee.
• flick verb (flick, flicks, flicked, flicking); noun…
  To hit or move something with a quick small movement, for example with a finger.
• flicker verb (flicker, flickers, flickered, flickering); noun…
  To flicker is to shine unsteadily, getting brighter and dimmer quickly, like a candle flame.
• flier noun (a flier, fliers); also spelled flyer
  A flier is a person or thing that flies, such as a pilot, a bird or a passenger on planes.
• flieth verb, old form of «flies» (he, she, it)
  «flieth» means «flies», a form of «fly»: To fly is to move through the air with wings, like a bird, an insect or a plane.
• flight noun (flight, flights)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flight is a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin».
• flightless adjective (flightless)
  Flightless means not able to fly.
• flinch verb (flinch, flinches, flinched, flinching); noun…
  To flinch is to make a small, quick movement backwards or away because of pain, fear or surprise.
• flinders noun (plural, old-fashioned); proper name (Flinders)
  Small broken pieces or splinters, as in «smashed to flinders».
• fling verb (fling, flings, flung, flinging); noun (a fling)
  To fling something is to throw it hard and carelessly.
• flint noun (flint; a flint, flints)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very hard grey or black stone that makes sparks when struck against steel, and breaks into sharp edges.
• flinty adjectiveJewish tradition
  Hard like flint stone.
• flip verb (flip, flips, flipped, flipping); noun (a flip, flips)
  To flip something is to turn it over quickly, like a coin or a pancake.
• flipper noun (a flipper, flippers)
  A flipper is a flat, wide limb that seals, turtles, penguins and dolphins use for swimming.
• flipping adjective…
  a soft stand-in for a stronger swear word, to show annoyance or for emphasis: «It's flipping freezing».
• flirt noun (plural flirts); verb (flirts, flirted, flirting)
  A flirt is someone who plays at liking another person to win their attention.
• flit verb (flit, flits, flitted, flitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To flit is to move or fly quickly and lightly from one place to another, like a butterfly or a bird.
• float verb (float, floats, floated, floating); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stay on top of water or another liquid without sinking.
• floating verb form (float, floats, floated, floating); adjective…
  Floating means staying on top of water or another liquid without sinking.
• flock noun (flock, flocks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flock is a group of birds or sheep together.
• floe noun (a floe, floes; also ice floe)
  A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea.
• flog verb (flog, flogs, flogged, flogging)
  To beat someone hard with a whip or stick as a punishment (now illegal in most places).
• flogging noun (a flogging, floggings); also the -ing form of flog
  A beating with a whip or stick as a punishment.
• flood noun (a flood, floods); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flood is a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry.
• floodplain noun (a floodplain, floodplains; also flood plain)
  A floodplain is the flat land beside a river that gets covered with water when the river floods.
• floor noun (floor, floors); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A floor is the flat part of a room that you walk on.
• floorboard noun (a floorboard, floorboards)
  A floorboard is one of the long flat pieces of wood that make a wooden floor.
• flop verb (flop, flops, flopped, flopping); noun (a flop, flops)
  To flop is to fall or sit down heavily and loosely, because you are tired.
• floppy adjective (floppy, floppier, floppiest)
  Soft and hanging down loosely, not stiff: «a dog with floppy ears».
• flora noun (flora – uncountable; floras, rarely)
  All the plants that grow in a particular place or at a particular time.
• floral adjective (floral)
  Floral means made of flowers or decorated with patterns of flowers.
• florentine adjective (Florentine); noun (a florentine, florentines)
  From or about Florence, a famous city in Italy known for art and the Renaissance.
• florin noun (plural florins)
  A florin is an old coin of money, once worth two shillings in British money, and used in other countries long ago.
• florist noun (a florist, florists)
  A person who sells and arranges flowers.
• floss noun (floss, dental floss — uncountable); verb…
  Dental floss is a thin thread used to clean between your teeth.
• flotation noun (flotation, flotations); UK also floatation; verb float
  Flotation is floating, or the ability of something to stay on top of water.
• flounder verb (flounder, flounders, floundered, floundering); noun…
  A flounder is a flat sea fish that lies on the seabed, with both eyes on one side of its head.
• flour noun (flour); verb (flour, floured)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flour is a white or brown powder made by grinding grain like wheat; it is used to make bread, cakes and pasta.
• flourish verb (flourish, flourishes, flourished, flourishing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To flourish is to grow well and be healthy and strong, like plants in good soil.
• flow verb (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction.
• flower noun (flower, flowers); verb (flower, flowers, flowered)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flower is the coloured part of a plant that blooms, like a rose or a tulip.
• flowerpot noun (a flowerpot, flowerpots)
  A flowerpot is a container, usually of clay or plastic, for growing a plant in, with a hole in the bottom for water to drain out.
• flowery adjective (flowerier, floweriest)
  Flowery means full of flowers.
• floweth verb, old form of «flows» (he, she, it)
  «floweth» means «flows», a form of «flow»: Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction.

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