Putnam's Word Book
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Chapter 87 : flower pot. a.s.sociated Words: cachepot, girandole.flowery, a. florid, ornate, figurat
flower pot. a.s.sociated Words: cachepot, girandole.
flowery, a. florid, ornate, figurative.
flowing, a. running, gliding, fluent, cursive. Antonym: stagnant.
flowing back. refluent, ebbing.--n. refluence, ebb.
flowing in. influx.--a. influent, incurrent.
flowing out. efflux, effluxion, effluence.--a. effluent, excurrent.
flowing round. circ.u.mfluent.
fluctuate, v. vacillate, waver, oscillate, whiffle, swerve.
Antonyms: continue, persist, adhere, abide, remain, stand fast.
fluctuation, n. vacillation, wavering, oscillation, instability.
fluent, a. flowing, gliding; voluble.
fluid, n. liquid, liquor, solution.
flunk, v. (Colloq.) fail, back out.--n. failure.
flunky, n. lackey, footman, servant; sn.o.b, toady, sycophant.
flunkyism, n. toadyism, sycophancy.
flurried, a. agitated, excited, perturbed, confused.
flurry, n. squall, breeze, wind; agitation, excitement, commotion.
flush, n. blush, glow; thrill; rosiness, redness.
flush, a. liberal, prodigal, free, lavish; even, plane, level, flat; prolific, fecund, exuberant; affluent.
fl.u.s.ter, v. perturb, discompose, confuse, disconcert, embarra.s.s, agitate.
fl.u.s.ter, n. perturbation, discompose, confusion, agitation.
fl.u.s.trate, v. (Colloq.) fl.u.s.ter, agitate.
fl.u.s.tration, n. (Colloq.) agitation, fl.u.s.ter, perturbation, confusion.
fluted, a. chamfered, channeled, grooved.
flutter, v. tremble, palpitate; hover; oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate, waver.
flutter, n. tremor, agitation, palpitation; confusion, disorder, commotion.
fly, a. (Slang) wide-awake, knowing.
fly, v. wing, soar, flit, mount, hover; decamp, abscond, flee.
flyaway, a. flighty, giddy, unrestrained, volatile.
flying, a. awing, volant, volitant, soaring.
flying, n. aviation, flight.
flying machine. aeroplane, aerodrome, biplane, monoplane. a.s.sociated words: hangar, aviator, aerodynamics, aviatrix.
foam, n. froth, spume, spumescence.--v. froth, spume.
foamy, a. frothy, spumy.
fodder, n. provender, forage, stover; ensilage. a.s.sociated Words: silo, ensile.
foe, n. antagonist, enemy, adversary, opponent.
fog, n. haze, mist, vapor, brume; confusion (of the mind).
fog, v. befog, obscure, confuse.
foggy, a. misty, hazy, brumous, vaporous; beclouded, confused, obscure.
fogy, n. (Colloq.) fogram, mossback.
foil, v. baffle, frustrate, thwart, circ.u.mvent.
foist, v. interpolate.
fold, n. doubling, plait, convolution; sheep-pen, cote; embrace.
fold, v. double; embrace, infold, clasp.
folding stool. faldstool.
foliage, n. leaf.a.ge, leaves.
folks, n. pl. (Collog.) people, persons.
follow, v. succeed, chase, pursue, tag; dodge; result, proceed, flow, ensue, spring, issue; pursue, practice, engage in; trace, track, trail.
follower, n. pursuer; attendant, retainer, henchman; disciple, partisan, advocate, adherent, votary; imitator, copier.
following, n. pursuance, pursuing, pursuit; sequence, consecution, succession; adherents, dependents, retinue; vocation, trade, profession, business.
following, a. succeeding, ensuing, consecutive, pursuant.