flanneletteA type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
flannelgraphA board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
flannelledWearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.
flannellikeResembling or characteristic of flannel.
flannellyResembling or characteristic of flannel material.
flannelmouthOne who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.
flannelsclothing made of flannel; especially trousers and underwear.
flapdragonA game in which the players take raisins out of burning brandy, and swallow them.
flaperonAn aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flareshipA military aircraft that drops illumination flares.
FlarfAn avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.
flarghUsed to express fatigue and general lethargy.
flaringHaving a tendency of streaming, flapping, or spreading broadly as if within a current of air or in outer space.
FlasbyA hamlet in Flasby with Winterburn parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9456).
flaserA form of sedimentary bidirectional bedding created when a sediment is exposed to intermittent flows, leading to alternating sand and mud layers.
flashbulbA glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashcardA card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.
flashcorean electronic music style that grew out of speedcore and industrial hardcore, characterized by wandering soundscapes, scattered rapid short-duration sounds, complex avant-garde structures and abstract sounds.
flashcrowdThe large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site.
flashdampA mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen that is found in mines, and ignited quickly within a safety lamp, but that is then extinguished quickly due to the exhaust products of the flame. Flashdamp can be heavier than air (called heavy flashdamp) or lighter than air (called light flashdamp), depending on the proportion of carbon dioxide.
flasherAnything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
flashlampA kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.
flashsteamRapidly formed steam produced when high-pressure condensate undergoes a sudden drop in pressure, as in a flash boiler.
flashtankA tank which separates fluid mixtures into liquid and vapor components by rapidly reducing its pressure, used in boilers, refrigeration systems, and gas treating units.
flashyShowy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
flaskA narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.