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   fall in line
         v 1: agree on (a position)

English Dictionary: flannel leaf by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fall in love
v
  1. begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flammulina
n
  1. a genus of agarics
    Synonym(s): Flammulina, genus Flammulina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Flammulina velutipes
n
  1. an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
    Synonym(s): winter mushroom, Flammulina velutipes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel
n
  1. a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
  2. bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
    Synonym(s): washcloth, washrag, flannel, face cloth
  3. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
    Synonym(s): flannel, gabardine, tweed, white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel bush
n
  1. any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): flannelbush, flannel bush, California beauty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel cake
n
  1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
    Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel leaf
n
  1. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
    Synonym(s): mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel mullein
n
  1. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
    Synonym(s): common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannel-cake
n
  1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
    Synonym(s): pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannelbush
n
  1. any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): flannelbush, flannel bush, California beauty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flannelette
n
  1. a cotton fabric imitating flannel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
full nelson
n
  1. a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flameless \Flame"less\, a.
      Destitute of flame. --Sandys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or
            morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the
            uses of a lamp.
  
                     Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
                     path.                                                --Ps. cxix.
                                                                              105.
  
                     Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper.
  
      3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by
            electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under
            {Incandescent}.
  
      {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing
            alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
            so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is
            ignited. --Weale.
  
      {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc
            is used as the source of light.
  
      {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous
            production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet
            of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named
            after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it.
            Called also {philosopher's lamp}.
  
      {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp.
  
      {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed
            and ignited. --Knight.
  
      {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.
  
      {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4
            (l) &
            (n) .
  
      {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for
            softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
  
      {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus
            Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the
            shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See
            {Terebratula}.
  
      {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is
            surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of
            dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir
            Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}.
  
      {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and
            labor, as a literary composition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flamelet \Flame"let\, n. [Flame + -let.]
      A small flame.
  
               The flamelets gleamed and flickered.      --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flammulated \Flam"mu*la`ted\, a. [L. flammula little flame, dim.
      fr. flamma flame.]
      Of a reddish color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flannel \Flan"nel\ (fl[acr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [F. flanelle, cf. OF.
      flaine a pillowcase, a mattress (?); fr. W. gwlanen flannel,
      fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. {Wool}.]
      A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. --Shak.
  
      {Adam's flannel}. (Bot.) See under {Adam}.
  
      {Canton flannel}, {Cotton flannel}. See {Cotton flannel},
            under {Cotton}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flannel flower \Flan"nel flow`er\ (Bot.)
      (a) The common mullein.
      (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia
            longiflora}) having woolly leaves.
      (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus
            helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite.
            The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flanneled \Flan"neled\, a.
      Covered or wrapped in flannel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redmouth \Red"mouth`\ (-mouth`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus
      {Diabasis}, or {H[91]mulon}, of the Southern United States,
      having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
      {flannelmouth}, and {grunt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fluavil \Flu"a*vil\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)
      A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow,
      resinous substance; -- called also {fluanil}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flunlyism \Flun"ly*ism\, n.
      The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to
      cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position;
      toadyism. --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Half nelson \Half nelson\ (Wrestling)
      A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm
      of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon
      the back of his neck. In the
  
      {full nelson} both hands are so placed.
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