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Fittedness

The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.

Fitter

A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.

Fitting

Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.

Fitweed

A plant (Eryngium f/tidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

Fitz

A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

Five

The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

five-hitter

A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.

five-spot

A California annual (Nemophila maculata) having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal.

Five-twenties

Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

Fivefold

In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

Fiveling

A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.

Fives

A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.

Fix

A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.

Fixation

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

Fixative

That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

Fixed

Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.

Fixedly

In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.

Fixedness

The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.

Fixing

The act or process of making fixed.

Fixity

Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.

Fixture

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

Fixure

Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.

fizgig

A gadding, flirting girl.

fizz

To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a bubbling carbonated beverage.

Fizz

A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

fizzle

A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco.

flab

Loose or flaccid body fat.

Flabbergast

To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements.

flabby

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

Flabellation

The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.

Flabelliform

Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.

Flabellinerved

Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Flabellum

A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.

flaccid

Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.

Flacherie

A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.

Flacket

A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

Flacon

A small glass bottle with a stopper; as, a flacon for perfume.

Flag

To lay with flags of flat stones.

flag-waving

fanatically patriotic; same as chauvinistic.

Flagellant

One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.

Flagellata

An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

Flagellator

One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

Flagelliform

Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

Flagellum

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

Flageolet

A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

Flagginess

The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.

Flagging

Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.

Flaggy

Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.

Flagitate

To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.

Flagitious

Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

Flagman

One who makes signals with a flag.

Flagon

A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.

Flagpole sitter

A person who sits for an extended period of time on top of a flagpole or other high column; -- a publicity stunt performed for various reasons.

Flagrancy

A burning; great heat; inflammation.

Flagrant

Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.

Flagship

The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

Flagstaff

A staff{4} on which a flag is hoisted.

Flagstone

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

Flagworm

A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flail

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.

Flake

To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Flaky

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

Flam

To deceive with a falsehood.

Flambe

Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.

Flambeau

A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

Flamboyant

Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

Flamboyer

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of C/salpinia.

Flame

To kindle; to inflame; to excite.

flame flower flameflower

a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.

Flame-colored

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color.

flamefish

a bright red perchlike fish (Apogon maculatus) found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters.

Flamen

A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

flamenco

a strongly rhythmic and vigorous style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies, characterized by clapping and stamping of feet.

flameproof

not susceptible to burning; noncombustible; fireproof; -- of artifacts. Opposite of combustible.

flamethrower

a weapon that squirts ignited liquid or gelatinous fuel for several yards.

Flaming

Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

Flamingo

Any bird of the genus Ph/nicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

Flammeous

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame.

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