Meanings
fl1
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemediaInitialism of flush left.
FL2
plural FLs · alternative effell · alternative Fl
- abbreviationAbbreviation of foreign language.
- abbreviationaeronauticsAbbreviation of flight level.
- abbreviationhistoricalslangAbbreviation of French letter.
You could buy FLs quietly in chemists' shops and often in barber shops.
2012, Ian McCall, Going Going Gone, page 942 more examples
‘Well, what did he recommend? Those effells are a pain in the neck, only for bachelors.’
1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 41Used and discarded Fls–French letters–floated in the slime, little opaque vessels carrying human seed into oblivion.
2005, Shilpa Agarwal, Haunting Bombay
alternative effell · alternative Fl
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Florida: a state of the United States.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Flevoland: a province of the Netherlands.
Fl3
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nouna radioactive transuranic element
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