Index of English words, starting with "fl"

(1) - Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.

(1) - Flagellator (n.) One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

(1) - Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
(2) - Flagellum (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.
(3) - Flagellum (v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.
(4) - Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

(1) - Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

(1) - Flaggy (a.) Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.
(2) - Flaggy (a.) Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple.
(3) - Flaggy (a.) Weak; flexible; limber.