Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Fluence

Flu″ence (?), n. Fluency. Milton.

2378

Fluency

Flu″en‐cy (?), n. [L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See Fluent.] The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.The art of expressing with fluency and p...

2379

Fluent

Flu″ent (?), a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. � to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.] 1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.2. ...

2380

Fluent (2)

Flu″ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream.2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; — called, in the modern calculus, the func...

2381

Fluently

Flu″ent‐ly, adv. In a fluent manner.

2382

Fluentness

Flu″ent‐ness, n. The quality of being fluent.

2383

Fluework

Flue″work′ (?), n.(Mus.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; — in distinction from ...

2384

Fluey

Flue″y (?), a. [2d Flue.] Downy; fluffy.

2385

Fluff

Fluff (?), n. [Cf. 2d Flue. √84.] Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

2386

Fluff (2)

Fluff (?), v. t. & i. To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff. Holmes.

2387

Fluffy

Fluff″y (?), a. [Compar.Fluffier (?); superl.Fluffiest.] Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy. “The carpets were fluffy.” Thackeray.The present Barnacle......

2388

Flügel

‖Flü″gel (?), n.(Mus.) A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped.

2389

Flugelman

Flu″gel‐man (?), n. [G. flügelman.] (Mil.) Same as Fugleman.

2390

Fluid

Flu″id (flūĭd), a. [L. fluidus, fr. fluere to flow: cf. F. fluide. See Fluent.] Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the...

2391

Fluid (2)

Flu″id, n. A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.☞ Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are fl...

2392

Fluidal

Flu″id‐al (?), a. Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.Fluidal structure(Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of th...

2393

Fluidity

Flu‐id″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. fluidité.] The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform, or gaseous state; — opposed to solidity.It was this want of organiza...

2394

Fluidize

Flu″id‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fluidized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fluidizing.] To render fluid.

2395

Fluidness

Flu″id‐ness, n. The state of being fluid; fluidity.

2396

Fluidounce

Flu″id‐ounce′, n. See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.

2397

Fluidrachm

Flu″i‐drachm′ (?), n. See Fluid dram, under Fluid. Pharm. of the U. S.

2398

Flukan (2)

Flu″kan (?), n.(Mining) Flucan.

2399

Fluke

Fluke (flūk), n. [Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zoöl.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk].2. (Zoö...

2400

Fluke (2)

Fluke (flūk), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.2. (Zoöl.) ...

2401

Fluke (3)

Fluke (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Fluked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fluking (?).] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.

2402

Flukeworm

Fluke″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2.

2403

Fluky

Fluk″y (?), a. Formed like, or having, a fluke.