Index of English words, starting with "fl"

(1) - Flusher (n.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
(2) - Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

(1) - Fluster (n.) Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
(2) - Fluster (v. i.) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
(3) - Fluster (v. t.) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.

(1) - Flute (v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
(2) - Flute (v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.
(3) - Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
(4) - Flute (n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
(5) - Flute (n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
(6) - Flute (n.) A long French breakfast roll.
(7) - Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
(8) - Flute (v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.
(9) - Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

(1) - Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.
(2) - Fluted (a.) Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes.
(3) - Fluted (imp. & p. p.) of Flute

(1) - Fluter (n.) One who makes grooves or flutings.
(2) - Fluter (n.) One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.