Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 41
Flower (v. i.) To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
Observations which have flowered off. -- Milton.
Flower (v. t.) To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
Flower (n.) A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
Flower (n.) Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom].
Flower (n.) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush].
Flower (v.) Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower].
Flowerage (n.) State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general. -- Tennyson.
Flower-de-luce (n.) (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.
Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica, I. Florentina, I. Persica, I. sambucina, and the American I. versicolor, I. prismatica, etc.
Flowerer (n.) A plant which flowers or blossoms.
Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers. -- Darwin.
Floweret (n.) A small flower; a floret. -- Shak.
Floweret (n.) A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret].
Flower-fence (n.) (Bot.) A tropical leguminous bush ({Poinciana pulcherrima, or C[ae]salpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. -- Baird.
Flowerful (a.) Abounding with flowers. -- Craig.
Flower-gentle (n.) (Bot.) A species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus).
Floweriness (n.) The state of being flowery.
Flowering (a.) (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.
Flowering+fern,+A+genus+of+showy+ferns+({Osmunda">Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.
Flowering plants, Plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants.
Flowering rush, A European rushlike plant ({Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
Flowering (n.) The act of adorning with flowers.
Flowering (a.) Having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant" [ant: flowerless, nonflowering].
Flowering (n.) The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence].
Flowering (n.) A developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" [syn: unfolding, flowering].
Flowerless (a.) Having no flowers.
Flowerless plants, Plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptogamous plants.
Flowerless (a.) Without flower or bloom and not producing seeds; "a flowerless plant" [syn: flowerless, nonflowering] [ant: flowering].
Flowerlessness (n.) State of being without flowers.
Flowerpot (n.) A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.
Flowerpot (n.) A container in which plants are cultivated [syn: pot, flowerpot].
Flowery (a.) 多花的，絢麗的，華麗的 Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.
Flowery (a.) Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. -- Milton.
The flowery kingdom, China.
Flowery (a.) Of or relating to or suggestive of flowers; "a flowery hat"; "flowery wine".
Flowery (a.) Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate].
Flowery-kirtled (a.) Dressed with garlands of flowers. [Poetic & Rare] -- Milton.
Flowing (a.) That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
Compare: Copious
Copious (a.) 豐富的，大量的；多產的；冗長的；滔滔不絕的；內容詳實豐富的 Abundant in supply or quantity.
‘She took copious notes.’
Copious (a.) (Archaic) Profuse in speech or ideas.
‘I had been a little too copious in talking of my country.’
Copious (a.) Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. -- Thomson.
Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. -- Milton.
Syn: Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample.
Copious (a.) Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous].
Copious (a.) Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich].
Flowing () a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & v. t.
Flowingly (adv.) In a flowing manner.
Flowingness (n.) Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [R.] -- W. Nichols.
Flowk (n.) (Zool.) See 1st Fluke.
Compare: Fluke
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk.]
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. -- RHUD
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
Flown () p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.
Flown (a.) Flushed, inflated.
Note: [Supposed by some to be a mistake for blown or swoln.] -- Pope.
Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. -- Milton.
Floxed silk () See Floss silk, under Floss.
Floyte (n. & v.) A variant of Flute.
Fluate (n.) A fluoride. [Obs.]
Fluavil (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; -- called also {fluanil}.
Flucan (n.) (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.]
Fluctiferous (a.) Tending to produce waves. -- Blount.
Fluctisonous (a.) Sounding like waves.
Fluctuability (n.) The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] -- H. Walpole.
Fluctuant (a.) 變動的；起伏的 Moving like a wave; wavering.
Fluctuant (a.) (Med.) Showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor.
Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Fluctuated (imp. & p. p.) of Fluctuate
Fluctuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluctuate
Fluctuate (v. i.) 波動，變動；動搖 To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. -- Blackmore.
Fluctuate (v. i.) To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.
Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple.
Usage: To {Fluctuate}, {Vacillate}, {Waver}. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
Fluctuate (v. t.) 使動搖 To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.]
And fluctuate all the still perfume. -- Tennyson.
Fluctuate (v.) Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.
Fluctuate (v.) Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: {fluctuate}, {vacillate}, {waver}].
Fluctuate (v.) Be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates".
Fluctuation (n.) 變動，上下，動搖 A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.
Fluctuation (n.) A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices.
Fluctuation (n.) The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion.
Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. -- Dickens.
Flue (n.) 煙道；暖氣管 [C] An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:
Flue (n.) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air.
Flue (n.) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another.
Flue (n.) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes.
Flue (n.) In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Flue boiler. See under Boiler.
Flue bridge, The separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.
Flue plate (Steam Boiler), A plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate.
Flue surface (Steam Boiler), The aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases.
Flue (n.) Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue].
Flue (n.) Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: flue pipe, flue, labial pipe].
Flue (n.) A conduit to carry off smoke.
Fluence (n.) Fluency.
Fluency (n.) The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.
Fluent (a.) Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
Fluent (a.) Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.
Fluent (n.) A current of water; a stream.
Fluent (n.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
Fluently (adv.) In a fluent manner.
Fluentness (n.) The quality of being fluent.
Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.
Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.
Fluff (n.) Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
Fluffy (a.) 絨毛（狀）的；蓬鬆的；毛茸茸的；鬆軟的；空洞的，無內容的 Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy. "The carpets were fluffy." -- Thackeray.
The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. -- Dickens. -- Fluff"i*ness, n. Flugel
Fluffy (a.) Like down or as soft as down [syn: downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy].
Flugel (n.) 翼形鋼琴 A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped. [archaic]
Flugel (n.) A {flugelhorn}. Flugelhorn.
Compare: Harpsichord
Harpsichord (n.) 羽管鍵琴，撥弦古鋼琴A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
Flugelhorn (n.) 粗管短號 A brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.
Syn: fluegelhorn.
Flugelhorn (n.) A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore [syn: {flugelhorn}, {fluegelhorn}].
Compare: Cornet
Cornet (n.) [C] 短號（似小號的銅管樂器）；【英】（圓錐形的）蛋捲冰淇淋；（包食品等用的）圓錐形紙包 [Music] A brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.
Cornet (n.) A compound organ stop with a powerful treble sound.
Cornet (n.) (British) A cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream.
Flugelman (n.) Same as {Fugleman}.
Fugleman (n.; pl. {Fuglemen}) (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [Written also {flugelman}.]
Fugleman (n.; pl. {Fuglemen}) Hence, one who leads the way. [Jocose]
Fluid (a.) Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
Fluid (n.) A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.
Fluidal (a.) Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.
Fluinity (n.) The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aeriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity.
Fluidized (imp. & p. p.) of Fluidize
Fluidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluidize
Fluidize (v. t.) To render fluid.
Fluidness (n.) The state of being flluid; fluidity.
Fluidounce (n.) See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.
Fluidrachm (n.) See Fluid dram, under Fluid.
Flukan (n.) Flucan.
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) 錨爪；（魚叉等的）倒鉤；比目魚；吸蟲；；【臺】僥倖擊中；【口】僥倖 The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}.]
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus {Paralichthys}, especially {Paralicthys dentatus}, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. -- RHUD
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See {Anchor}.
Fluke (n.) (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.] -- A. Trollope.
Fluke (v. t. & i.) (v. t.) 【臺】僥倖擊中（球）；僥倖獲得 (v. i.)【臺】僥倖擊中球 To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang].
Fluke (n.) A stroke of luck [syn: {good luck}, {fluke}, {good fortune}].
Fluke (n.) A barb on a harpoon or arrow.
Fluke (n.) Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: {fluke}, {flue}].
Fluke (n.) Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean.
Fluke (n.) Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: {fluke}, {trematode}, {trematode worm}].
Fluke (n.) An unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.
‘Their victory was a bit of a fluke.’
Fluke (v.) [With object] Achieve (something) by luck rather than skill.
Fluke (n.) A parasitic flatworm which typically has suckers and hooks for attachment to the host. Some species are of veterinary or medical importance.
Classes Trematoda and Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes. See digenean and monogenean.
Fluke (n.) [North American dialect] A flatfish, especially a flounder.
Fluke (n.) A broad triangular plate on the arm of an anchor.
Fluke (n.) Either of the lobes of a whale's tail.
Flukeworm (n.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2.
Fluky (a.) Formed like, or having, a fluke.
Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.
Fluminous (a.) Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama.
Flummery (n.) 麥粥；柔軟易食的食品；假恭維；胡說 A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
Milk and flummery are very fit for children. -- Locke.
Flummery (n.) Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
The flummery of modern criticism. -- J. Morley.
Compare: Sowens
Sowens (n. pl.) [復] [用作單或復] <蘇格蘭> <愛爾蘭> （用浸泡過的燕麥麩制的）燕麥糠糊（亦作sowans）A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England. [Written also sowans, and sowins.]
Flump (v.) 砰的摔下；砰的落下 Fall heavily [syn: flump, flump down].
Flump (v.) Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump].
Flump (v. i.) (flumped; flumping; flumps) To move or fall suddenly and heavily.
// Flumped down into the chair.
Flump (v. i.) To place or drop with a flump.
Flump (n.) 砰然聲 A dull heavy sound (as of a fall).
Flung () imp. & p. p. of Fling.
Flunked (imp. & p. p.) of Flunk
Flunking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flunk
Flunk (v. i.) （在考試等中）失敗，不及格 [（+in）]；（因畏縮而）撒手不做；放棄 To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
Flunk (v. t.) 使（某人）不及格；給（某人）打不及格分數；通不過（考試等） To fail in; to fail to pass (a test, examination, or course of study). [Colloq. U.S.]
Flunk (v. t.) To shirk, as a task or duty.
Flunk (n.) [美] 失敗；不及格 [C] A failure or backing out; specifically (College cant), a total failure in a recitation. [U.S.]
Flunkies (n. pl. ) of Flunky
Flunky (n.) （穿著制服的）僕役；馬屁精；勢利小人 A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.
Flunky (n.) One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
Flunky (n.) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]
Flunkydom (n.) The place or region of flunkies.
Flunlyism (n.) The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.