Webster's Dictionary 1913

2350

Flowerlessness

Flow″er‐less‐ness, n. State of being without flowers.

2351

Flowerpot

Flow″er‐pot′ (?), n. A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.

2352

Flowery

Flow″er‐y (?), a. 1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton.The flowery kingdom, China.

2353

Flowery-kirtled

Flow″er‐y–kir′tled (?), a. Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.

2354

Flowing

Flow″ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.Flowing battery(Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of...

2355

Flowing (2)

Flow″ing (?), a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.

2356

Flowingly

Flow″ing‐ly, adv. In a flowing manner.

2357

Flowingness

Flow″ing‐ness, n. Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. W. Nichols.

2358

Flowk

Flowk (? or?), n.(Zoöl.) See 1st Fluke.

2359

Flown

Flown (?), p. p. of Fly; — often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

2360

Flown (2)

Flown, a. Flushed, inflated. [Supposed by some to be a mistake for blown or swoln.] Pope.Then wander forth the sonsOf Belial, flown with insolence and wine. Milton.

2361

Floxed silk

Floxed″ silk′ (?). See Floss silk, under Floss.

2362

Floyte

Floyte (?), n. & v. A variant of Flute.

2363

Fluate

Flu″ate (?), n. [Cf. F. fluate. See Fluor.] (Chem.) A fluoride.

2364

Fluavil

Flu″a‐vil (?), n.(Chem.) A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; — called also fluanil.

2365

Flucan

Flu″can (?), n.(Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]

2366

Fluctiferous

Fluc‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. fluctus wave + -ferous.] Tending to produce waves. Blount.

2367

Fluctisonous

Fluc‐tis″o‐nous (?), a. [L. fluctisonus; fluctus wave + sonus sound.] Sounding like waves.

2368

Fluctuability

Fluc′tu‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?; 135), n. The capacity or ability to fluctuate. H. Walpole.

2369

Fluctuant

Fluc″tu‐ant (?; 135), a. [L. fluctuans, p. pr. of fluctuare. See Fluctuate.] 1. Moving like a wave; wavering; (Med.) showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor.2. ...

2370

Fluctuate

Fluc″tu‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fluctuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fluctuating (?).] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow....

2371

Fluctuate (2)

Fluc″tu‐ate, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson.

2372

Fluctuation

Fluc′tu‐a″tion (?), n. [L. fluctuatio; cf. F. fluctuation.] 1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.2. A wavering; u...

2373

Flue

Flue (?), n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.] An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a ...

2374

Flue (2)

Flue (?), n. [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. √84.] Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens.

2375

Flue (3)

Flue, n. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

2376

Flue pipe

Flue pipe. (Music) A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth...