FLUVIATIC
FLUVIAT'IC,FLU'VIATILE, adjective [Latin fluviatilis.] Belonging to rivers.[Fluviatic is the preferable word.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLUX
FLUX, noun [Latin fluxus, fluo, fluxi.]1. The act of flowing; the motion or passing of a fluid.2. The moving or passing of any thing in continued succession. Things in this life...
FLUXATION
FLUXA'TION, noun A flowing or passing away, and giving place to others.
FLUXED
FLUX'ED, participle passive Melted; fused; reduced to a flowing state.
FLUXIBILITY
FLUXIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of admitting fusion.
FLUXIBLE
FLUX'IBLE, adjective [from Low Latin] Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral.
FLUXILITY
FLUXIL'ITY, noun [Low Latin fluxilis.] The quality of admitting fusion; possibility of being fused or liquified.
FLUXION
FLUX'IONnoun [Latin fluxio, from fluo, to flow.]1. The act of flowing.2. The matter that flows.3. Fluxions, in mathematics, the analysis of infinitely small variable quantities,...
FLUXIONARY
FLUX'IONARY, adjective Pertaining to mathematical fluxions.
FLUXIONIST
FLUX'IONIST, noun One skilled in fluxions.
FLUXIVE
FLUX'IVE, adjective Flowing; wanting solidity. [Not used.]
FLUXURE
FLUX'URE, noun A flowing or fluid matter. [Not used.]
FLY
FLY, verb intransitive1. To move through air by the aid of wings, as fowls.2. To pass or move in air, by the force of wind or other impulse; as, clouds and vapors fly before the...
FLY-HONEYSUCKLE
FLY-HONEYSUCKLE, noun A plant, the Lonicera. The African fly-honeysuckle is the Halleria.
FLYBANE
FLY'BANE, noun A plant called catch-fly, of the genus Silene.
FLYBITTEN
FLYBITTEN, adjective Marked by the bite of flies.
FLYBLOW
FLYBLOW, verb transitive To deposit an egg in any thing, as a fly; to taint with the eggs which produce maggots.Like a flyblown cake of tallow.FLYBLOW, noun The egg of a fly.
FLYBOAT
FLYBOAT, noun A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is from 600 to 1200 tons, with a stern remarkably high, resembling a Gothic turret, and very broad buttocks below.
FLYCATCHER
FLYCATCHER, noun1. One that hunts flies.2. In zoology, a genus of birds, the Muscicapa, with a bill flatted at the base, almost triangular, notched at the upper mandible, and be...
FLYER
FLYER, noun1. One that flies or flees; usually written flier.2. One that uses wings.3. The fly of a jack.4. In architecture, stairs that do not wind, but are made of an oblong s...
FLYFISH
FLYFISH, verb intransitive To angle with flies for bait.
FLYFISHING
FLYFISHING, noun Angling; the art or practice of angling for fish with flies, natural or artificial, for bait.
FLYFLAP
FLYFLAP, noun Something to drive away flies.
FLYING
FLYING, participle present tense1. Moving in air by means of wings; passing rapidly; springing; bursting; avoiding.2.adjective Floating; waving; as flying colors.3.adjective Mov...
FLYING-BRIDGE
FLYING-BRIDGE, noun A bridge of pontoons; also, a bridge composed of two boats.
FLYING-FISH
FLYING-FISH, noun A small fish which flies by means of its pectoral fins. It is of the genus Exocoetus.
FLYING-PARTY
FLYING-PARTY, noun In military affairs, a detachment of men employed to hover about an enemy.