Flanneled (a.) Covered or wrapped in flannel.
Flannen (a.) Made or consisting of flannel.
Flap (v.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
Flap (v.) A disease in the lips of horses.
Flapped (imp. & p. p.) of Flap
Flapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flap
Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.
Flap (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
Flap (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
Flap (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.
Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.
Flapdragon (n.) The thing thus caught and eaten.
Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.
Flap-eared (a.) Having broad, loose, dependent ears.
Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Flapjack (n.) A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.
Flap-mouthed (a.) Having broad, hangling lips.
Flapper (n.) One who, or that which, flaps.
Flapper (n.) See Flipper.
Flared (imp. & p. p.) of Flare
Flaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flare
Flare (v. i.) To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
Flare (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
Flare (v. i.) To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
Flare (v. i.) To be exposed to too much light.
Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
Flare (n.) An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
Flare (n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
Flare (n.) Leaf of lard.
Flare-up (n.) A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
Flaring (a.) That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
Flaring (a.) Opening or speading outwards.
Flaringly (adv.) In a flaring manner.
Flashed (imp. & p. p.) of Flash
Flashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flash
Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.
Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.
Flash (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
Flash (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
Flash (v. t.) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
Flash (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Flashes (pl. ) of Flash
Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Flash (n.) A pool.
Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.
Flasher (n.) One who, or that which, flashes.
Flasher (n.) A man of more appearance of wit than reality.
Flasher (n.) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).
Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.
Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.
Flashing (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.
Flashing (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.
Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Flashy (a.) Fiery; vehement; impetuous.
Flashy (a.) Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.
Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.
Flask (n.) A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.
Flask (n.) A 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.
Flask (n.) A bed in a gun carriage.
Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc.
Flasket (n.) A long, shallow basket, with two handles.
Flasket (n.) A small flask.
Flasket (n.) A vessel in which viands are served.
Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.
Flat (superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.
Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
Flat (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.
Flat (superl.) Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.
Flat (superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.
Flat (superl.) Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.
Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.
Flat (superl.) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.
Flat (adv.) In a flat manner; directly; flatly.
Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest.
Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.
Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.
Flat (n.) Something broad and flat in form
Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
Flat (n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.
Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions.
Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.
Flat (n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.
Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
Flat (n.) A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.