Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z flipping A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking". flipple To flip, flop, or fumble (through) repeatedly Flippo A surname. flippy Having a tendency to flip. flipside The reverse, in contrast to the obverse. fliptastic Amazing, spectacular. flirt A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion flirtable Suitable for flirting with. flirtaholic Someone who is addicted to flirting. flirtation Playing at courtship; coquetry. flirtational Of or relating to flirtation. flirtationless Without flirtation. flirtationship Flirtation. flirtatious Of or pertaining to flirtation. flirtatiously In a flirtatious manner. flirtatiousness The quality of being flirtatious flirtee Someone who is flirted with; the target of flirtation. flirter One who flirts. flirtery flirtation flirtigig A flirtatious or cheeky girl. flirtily In a flirty manner. flirtiness The quality of being flirty. flirting A flirtation. flirtingly In a flirting manner. flirtini A cocktail of vodka, champagne and pineapple juice. flirtish of the nature of, or characterizing a flirt flirtishly in a flirty manner flirtishness The quality of being flirtish. flirtship A friendship which involves flirting but that has not yet progressed into a serious relationship. flirtsome Marked by flirting; flirtatious flirty Flirting, or seeming to flirt. flisk A caper; a spring; a whim. flisky Frisky; inclined to flisk (frisk) or caper. Fliss A diminutive of the female given name Felicity. flit A fluttering or darting movement. flitch The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. flite a quarrel, dispute, wrangling. flitsome Characterised or marked by flitting flitter To scatter in pieces. flitterbat A bat (flying mammal). flittering The motion of something that flitters. flitterjigs An item of clothing that is in tatters or ribbons. flittermouse A bat (a flying mammal). flittern The bark obtained from young oak trees. flittery flitty flittiness The quality of being flitty; unsteadiness. flitting The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house. flittingly With a flitting motion. Flitton A village in Flitton and Greenfield parish, Central Bedfordshire borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0535). flitty unstable, fluttering. Flitwick A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0334). flitwite In Saxon and old English law, a fine imposed for fighting or quarrelling. flivver An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive. flix The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver. flixel An image, that combines a photo, and a video element that is looped to give the illusion of movement. Flixton A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7494). flixweed A tall, herbaceous flowering plant, Descurainia sophia, related to mustard flizz Baloney, empty words. FLN The National Liberation Front political party (of various countries, but chiefly associated with Algeria). Flo A diminutive of the female given names Florence and Flora. float To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). floatability The condition of being floatable floatable That may be floated. floatant A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it float on the water. floatbase An airport for floatplanes. floatboard A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel. floater A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. floatily In a floaty manner. floatiness The quality of being floaty. floating That floats or float. floatingly In a floating manner; so as to float or to appear to float. floatless Without a float. floatline Synonym of corkline. floatmaker A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant). floatover A marine construction in which an upper structure is prebuilt and then floated into position over a lower part, often used for offshore oil rigs. floatovoltaic Of or referring to a photovoltaic cell designed to float in a water environment. floatovoltaics The technology of photovoltaic cells that float in a water environment. floatplane A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water. floatsome Characterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory floatstick A device used to measure the fuel level on modern aircraft. floatstone A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported. floaty Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant. flob Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out. flobber To sag and wobble. flobbering The action of the verb flobber. flobby full of saliva Flobert A small rimfire cartridge designed for target shooting. floc A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. floccillation Picking at the bedclothes, usually seen in delirious, feverish or dying people. floccinaucinihilipilificate To describe, estimate or regard something as worthless. floccinaucinihilipilification The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless. floccinaucinihilipilificatious unimportant, worthless floccipend To regard or consider as worthless. floccose Covered or growing in wooly tufts floccosely In a floccose manner. floccosity The quality of being floccose. flocculable Capable of flocculation. flocculant A flocculating agent floccular Of or pertaining to the flocculus. flocculate To collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool. flocculated Collected together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool, or coagulated in this way. flocculation A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc. flocculator A machine that induces flocculation. floccule A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc. flocculectomy excision of a floccule of the brain flocculence The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness. flocculency The quality of being flocculent. flocculent Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly. flocculently In a flocculent manner. flocculin Any of a family of cell surface adhesins flocculonodular Pertaining to the nodule and flocculus of the cerebellum. flocculose Having very small wooly tufts flocculus A small fluffy tuft. floccus A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera. Floch A surname. flochetage An artistic technique in which, instead of using areas of pure and clearly-separated colors, an artist interlaces, overlaps and blends large flakes or loose broken strokes of colors. flock A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals. flocked Of a bristle, having split, bushy ends. flocker One who or that which flocks; a bird species that forms flocks. flockful The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.). flocking The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture. flockless Without a flock. flocklike Resembling or characteristic of flocks. flockling A lamb. flockmaster A head shepherd. flockmate A member of the same flock. flockmeal In a flock; in flocks; in a herd. flockowner Someone who owns a flock of animals. Flockton A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2415). flockwise In or as a flock. flocky Abounding with flocks (tufts); floccose. flocoon The filamentous, waxy white covering of certain aphids, especially of the subfamilies Chermesidae and Pemphiginae. flocoumafen A particular anticoagulant. floctafenine A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Flodden A hill in Northumberland, near the border between England and Scotland, where a battle was fought between the two countries in 9 September 1513. floddie A kind of potato cake made from grated potato, sometimes with bacon added. flodge To hide or misrepresent the truth; to lie. floe A low, flat mass of floating ice. floeberg An accumulation of ice floes resembling an iceberg. Floersch A surname from German. flog To whip or scourge as punishment. floggable Able to be flogged. floggee One who receives a flogging. flogger One who flogs. flogging Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. floghera A Greek folk instrument of the end-blown flute family; a simple form of recorder. flogster One who flogs or beats. flogworthy Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable. Flohr A surname. Floian A subdivision of the Ordovician period.