Fluorescin
Flu′o‐res″cin (?), n.(Chem.) A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluoresceïn, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Fluoric
Flu‐or″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. fluorique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine.
Fluoride
Flu″or‐ide (? or?; 104), n. [Cf. F. fluoride.] (Chem.) A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.Calcium fluoride(Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.
Fluorine
Flu″or‐ine (flū″ŏr‐ĭn or –ēn; 104), n. [NL. fluorina: cf. G. fluorin, F. fluorine. So called from its occurrence in the mineral fluorite.] (Chem.) A non-metallic, gaseous elemen...
Fluorite
Flu″or‐ite (?), n.(Min.) Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes wit...
Fluoroid
Flu″or‐oid (?), n. [Fluor + -oid.] (Crystallog.) A tetrahexahedron; — so called because it is a common form of fluorite.
Fluoroscope
Flu‐or″o‐scope (?), n. [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
Fluoroscope (2)
Flu‐or″o‐scope, n.(Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. — Flu‐or′o‐scop...
Fluoroscopy
Flu′or‐os″co‐py (?), n. Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.
Fluorous
Flu″or‐ous (?), a. Pertaining to fluor.
Fluosilicate
Flu′o‐sil″i‐cate (?), n. [Cf. F. fluosilicate.] (Chem.) A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; —...
Fluosilicic
Flu′o‐si‐lic″ic (?), a. [Fluo- + silicic: cf. F. fluosilicique.] (Chem.) Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.Fluosilicic acid, a double fluoride of hydrogen and s...
Flurried
Flur″ried (?), a. Agitated; excited. — Flur″ried‐ly adv.
Flurry
Flur″ry (?), n.; pl.Flurries (#). [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.] 1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.2. A light shower or snowfall a...
Flurry (2)
Flur″ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flurried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flurrying.] To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne.
Flurt
Flurt (?), n. A flirt. Quarles.
Flush
Flush (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Flushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;...
Flush (2)
Flush, v. t. 1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.2. To c...
Flush (3)
Flush, n. 1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.In manner of a wave or flush. Ray.2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as fr...
Flush (4)
Flush, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak.2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prod...
Flush (5)
Flush (?), adv. So as to be level or even.
Flush (6)
Flush, v. t. To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
Flush (7)
Flush, v. i.(Mining) (a) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. (b)...
Flushboard
Flush″board′ (?), n. Same as Flashboard.
Flusher
Flush″er (?), n. 1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.2. (Zoöl.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
Flushing
Flush″ing, n. 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; — commonly in the �2. (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads.
Flushingly
Flush″ing‐ly, adv. In a flushing manner.