flicker | burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement |
flighty | (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive |
flinch | hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger. |
flip | send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over |
flippant | lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy |
flirt | behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious |
flit | fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower |
floe | flat mass of floating ice |
flora | plants of a region or era |
florescence | condition or period of flowering |
florid | ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose |
flotsam | drifting wreckage |
flounder | struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion |
flourish | grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting) |
flout | reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules |
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