FLAT-BOTTOMED
FLAT'-BOTTOMED, adjective Having a flat bottom, as a boat, or a moat in fortification.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLATIVE
FLA'TIVE, adjective [Latin flatus, from flo, to blow.] Producing wind; flatulent. [Not in use.]
FLATLONG
FLAT'LONG, adverb With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
FLATLY
FLAT'LY, adverb1. Horizontally; without inclination.2. Evenly; without elevations and depressions.3. Without spirit; dully; frigidly.4. Peremptorily; positively; downright.He fl...
FLATNESS
FLAT'NESS, noun1. Evenness of surface; levelness; equality of surface.2. Want of relief or prominence; as the flatness of a figure in sculpture.3. Deadness; vapidness; insipidit...
FLATTED
FLAT'TED, participle passive Made flat; rendered even on the surface; also, rendered vapid or insipid.
FLATTEN
FLAT'TEN, verb transitive flat'n.1. To make flat; to reduce to an equal or even surface; to level.2. To beat down to the ground; to lay flat.3. To make vapid or insipid; to rend...
FLATTENING
FLAT'TENING, participle present tense Making flat.
FLATTER
FLAT'TER, noun The person or thing by which any thing is flattened.FLAT'TER, verb transitive [Flatter may be from the root of flat, that is, to make smooth, to appease, to sooth...
FLATTERED
FLAT'TERED, participle passive Soothed by praise; pleased by commendation; gratified with hopes, false or well founded; wheedled.
FLATTERER
FLAT'TERER, noun One who flatters; a fawner; a wheedler; one who praises another, with a view to please him, to gain his favor, or to accomplish some purpose.When I tell him he ...
FLATTERING
FLAT'TERING, participle present tense1. Gratifying with praise; pleasing by applause; wheedling; coaxing.2.adjective Pleasing to pride or vanity; gratifying to self-love; as a f...
FLATTERINGLY
FLAT'TERINGLY, adverb1. In a flattering manner; in a manner to flatter.2. In a manner to favor; with partiality.
FLATTERY
FLAT'TERY, noun1. False praise; commendation bestowed for the purpose of gaining favor and influence, or to accomplish some purpose. Direct flattery consists in praising a perso...
FLATTISH
FLAT'TISH, adjective [from flat.] Somewhat flat; approaching to flatness.
FLATULENCE
FLAT'ULENCE,FLAT'ULENCY, noun [See Flatulent.]1. Windiness in the stomach; air generated in a weak stomach and intestines by imperfect digestion, occasioning distension, uneasin...
FLATULENCY
FLAT'ULENCY, n. [See Flatulent.]1. Windiness in the stomach; air generated in a weak stomach and intestines by imperfect digestion, occasioning distension, uneasiness, pain, and...
FLATULENT
FLAT'ULENT, adjective [Latin flatulentus, flatus, from flo, to blow.]1. Windy; affected with air generated in the stomach and intestines.2. Turgid with air; windy; as a flatulen...
FLATUOSITY
FLATUOS'ITY, noun Windiness; fullness of air; flatulence. [Not used.]
FLATUOUS
FLAT'UOUS, adjective [Latin flatuosus.] Windy; generating wind. [Not used.]
FLATUS
FLA'TUS, noun [Latin from flo, to blow.]1. A breath; a puff of wind.2. Wind generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body; flatulence.
FLATWISE
FLAT'WISE, adjective or adverb [from flat.] With the flat side downward or next to another object; not edgewise.
FLAUNT
FL'AUNT, verb intransitive [I know not whence we have this word. From the root Latin bearing the sense of throwing out, or spreading. See Flounce.]1. To throw or spread out; to ...
FLAUNTING
FL'AUNTING, participle present tense Making an ostentatious display.
FLAVOR
FLA'VOR, nounThe quality of a substance which affects the taste or smell, in any manner. We say, the wine has a fine flavor or a disagreeable flavor; the fruit has a bad flavor;...
FLAVORED
FLA'VORED, adjective Having a quality that affects the sense of tasting or smelling; as high-flavored wine, having the quality in a high degree.
FLAVORLESS
FLA'VORLESS, adjective Without flavor; tasteless; having no smell or taste.