Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.
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A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
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 It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.
The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.
Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.
Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.
To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
Importunity; urgent demand.
Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
One who makes signals with a flag.
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.
A pole used to display a flag.
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.
Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
In a flagrant manner.
To burn.
A conflagration.
The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
A staff{4} on which a flag is hoisted.
A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
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.
Acting like a flail.
p. p. of Flay.
Smell; odor.
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
The state of being flaky.
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
To deceive with a falsehood.
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.
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.
Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.
A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of C/salpinia.
To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color.
a bright red perchlike fish (Apogon maculatus) found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters.
Destitute of flame.
A small flame.
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.
a strongly rhythmic and vigorous style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies, characterized by clapping and stamping of feet.
not susceptible to burning; noncombustible; fireproof; -- of artifacts. Opposite of combustible.
a weapon that squirts ignited liquid or gelatinous fuel for several yards.
Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
In a flaming manner.
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.
Pertaining to a flamen.
The quality of being flammable; inflammability.
Inflammable.
The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame.
Producing flame.
Vomiting flames, as a volcano.
Of a reddish color.
Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame.
A flange. A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.
Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.
A thrust in the side.
Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimlessness; idleness; as, intellectual fl/nerie.
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
A miner's two-pointed pick.
To be bent into a flange.
Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.
To border; to touch.
To defend by lateral fortifications.
A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.
any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and Northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers.
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle; a pancake; a flapjack.
Covered or wrapped in flannel.
a cotton imitation of flannel.
Made or consisting of flannel.
To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
Having broad, loose, dependent ears.
Having broad, hanging lips.
To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.
A flat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pancake.
One who, or that which, flaps.
Leaf of lard.
A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
having a gradual increase in width; as, flared nostrils.
That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
In a flaring manner.
A pool.
the lowest temperature at which the vapors given off by a volatile liquid exposed to air will burst into flame when approached by a flame. Also called flashing point.
preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; -- used of foods.
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced.
A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.
a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph.
One who, or that which, flashes.
a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph.
In a flashy manner; with empty show.
The quality of being flashy.
The creation of an artificial flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a torch
Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.
A long, shallow basket, with two handles.
To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.
A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.
Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep; suffering from fallen arches.
Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
downright; plain; unqualified; as, a flat-out lie.
having a flat or flattened upper surface.
Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.
a railroad car without permanent sides or roof.
Any fish of the family Pleuronectid/; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
a police officer, especially a foot patrolman.
A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.
An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.
Producing wind; flatulent.
With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly.
someone who shares an apartment with a person.
The quality or state of being flat.
A flatterer.
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