fall armyworm
         n 1: larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys
               grasses and small grains [syn: {fall armyworm}, {Spodoptera
               frugiperda}]

English Dictionary: flowering tobacco	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaring adj streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze" Synonym(s): aflare, flaring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flooring n the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent" Synonym(s): floor, flooring building material used in laying floors
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florence n a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries Synonym(s): Firenze, Florence a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florence fennel n grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base Synonym(s): Florence fennel, Foeniculum dulce, Foeniculum vulgare dulce aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads Synonym(s): fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florence Nightingale n English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) Synonym(s): Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florentine adj of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence; "Florentine art" n a native or resident of Florence, Italy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florentine iris n German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome Synonym(s): Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Florenz Ziegfeld n United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932) Synonym(s): Ziegfeld, Flo Ziegfeld, Florenz Ziegfeld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
florin n the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents Synonym(s): guilder, gulden, florin formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents Synonym(s): guilder, gulden, florin, Dutch florin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flour mill n a mill for grinding grain into flour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering adj having a flower or bloom; "a flowering plant" [ant: flowerless, nonflowering] n the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonym(s): blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" Synonym(s): unfolding, flowering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering almond n deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers Synonym(s): flowering almond, Prunus triloba woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms Synonym(s): flowering almond, oriental bush cherry, Prunus japonica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering ash n southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna Synonym(s): manna ash, flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers Synonym(s): flowering ash, Fraxinus dipetala shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers Synonym(s): flowering ash, Fraxinus cuspidata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering cherry n any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering crab n derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms Synonym(s): Bechtel crab, flowering crab small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms Synonym(s): Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering fern n Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds Synonym(s): flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters Synonym(s): flowering fern, osmund
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering glume n the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae Synonym(s): lemma, flowering glume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering hazel n any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves Synonym(s): winter hazel, flowering hazel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering maple n an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering onion n European onion with white flowers [syn: daffodil garlic, flowering onion, Naples garlic, Allium neopolitanum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering plant n plants having seeds in a closed ovary [syn: angiosperm, flowering plant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering quince n Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering raspberry n shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit Synonym(s): flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus, thimbleberry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering shrub n shrub noted primarily for its flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering spurge n common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts Synonym(s): wild spurge, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, Euphorbia corollata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering stone n any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones Synonym(s): lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone-face, stone plant, stone life face, flowering stone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering tobacco n South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers Synonym(s): flowering tobacco, Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering tree n any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary Synonym(s): angiospermous tree, flowering tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowering wintergreen n common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals Synonym(s): flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluorine n a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite Synonym(s): fluorine, F, atomic number 9
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fool around v indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" Synonym(s): horse around, arse around, fool around, fool commit adultery; "he plays around a lot" Synonym(s): play around, fool around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fowl run n an enclosed yard for keeping poultry [syn: chicken yard, hen yard, chicken run, fowl run]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fullerene n a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falernian \Fa*ler"ni*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as,       Falernianwine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)       An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to       the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less       esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor       shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fall \Fall\, n.       1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force             of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the             yard of ship.          2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,             he was walking on ice, and had a fall.          3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.                         They thy fall conspire.                     --Denham.                         Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit                      before a fall.                                    --Prov. xvi.                                                                               18.          4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;             termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;             overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.                         Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.          5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall             of Sebastopol.          6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;             as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.          7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at             the close of a sentence.          8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.          9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water             down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,             sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.          10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the             ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po             into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.          11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,             the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.          12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.                         What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or                      how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.                                                                               --Dryden.          13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy             fall of snow.          14. The act of felling or cutting down. [bd]The fall of             timber.[b8] --Johnson.          15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.             Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first             parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy             of the rebellious angels.          16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling             band; a faule. --B. Jonson.          17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the             power is applied in hoisting.          {Fall herring} (Zo[94]l.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea             mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory             shad}.          {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)       An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to       the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less       esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor       shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fall \Fall\, n.       1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force             of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the             yard of ship.          2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,             he was walking on ice, and had a fall.          3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.                         They thy fall conspire.                     --Denham.                         Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit                      before a fall.                                    --Prov. xvi.                                                                               18.          4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;             termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;             overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.                         Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.          5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall             of Sebastopol.          6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;             as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.          7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at             the close of a sentence.          8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.          9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water             down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,             sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.          10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the             ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po             into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.          11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,             the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.          12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.                         What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or                      how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.                                                                               --Dryden.          13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy             fall of snow.          14. The act of felling or cutting down. [bd]The fall of             timber.[b8] --Johnson.          15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.             Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first             parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy             of the rebellious angels.          16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling             band; a faule. --B. Jonson.          17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the             power is applied in hoisting.          {Fall herring} (Zo[94]l.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea             mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory             shad}.          {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.          {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground             outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of             certain limits.          {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base,             through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the             field.          {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of             fouling another vesel.          {Foul bill}, [or] {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly             authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a             contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are             infected.          {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;             -- opposed to fair or clean copy. [bd]Some writers boast             of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their             foul copies.[b8] --Cowper.          {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an             excessive quantity of errors.          {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any             part of his person is outside of the lines of his             position.          {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] [bd]If they             be any ways offended, they fall foul.[b8] --Burton.          {To} {fall, [or] run}, {foul of}. See under {Fall}.          {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the             ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bifilar \Bi*fi"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + filar.]       Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar       suspension; a bifilar balance.          {Bifilar micrometer} (often called {a bifilar}), an             instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by             means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines),             one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly             called a {filar micrometer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L.,       dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A fish; the dragonet.       (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a             large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]},             having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,             which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}.          {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid             worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in             the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces             painful sores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L.,       dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A fish; the dragonet.       (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Guinea plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Parinarium excelsum}, a             large West African tree of the order {Chrysobalane[91]},             having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,             which is also called {gray plum} and {rough-skin plum}.          {Guinea worm} (Zo[94]l.), a long and slender African nematoid             worm ({Filaria Medinensis}) of a white color. It lives in             the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces             painful sores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flaring \Flar"ing\, a.       1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out             with a dazzling light.                         His [the sun's] flaring beams.            --Milton.          2. Opening or speading outwards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with       tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]       1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle             flares.          2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a             dazzling or painfully bright light.          3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be             offensively bright or showy.                         With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.                                                                               --Shak.          4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]                         Flaring in sunshine all the day.         --Prior.          5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the             perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of             a ship flare.          {To flare up}, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst             into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flaringly \Flar"ing*ly\, adv.       In a flaring manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fleer \Fleer\, [imp. & p. p. {Fleered}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fleering}.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to       titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide       wound.]       1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to             deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and             flout.                         To fleer and scorn at our solemnity.   --Shak.          2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]                         Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear                      baiting.                                             --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fleeringly \Fleer"ing*ly\, adv.       In a fleering manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floor \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floored}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flooring}.]       1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to             floor a house with pine boards.          2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down;             hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to             floor an opponent.                         Floored or crushed by him.                  --Coleridge.          3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college             examination. [Colloq.]                         I've floored my little-go work.         --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flooring \Floor"ing\, n.       A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See       {Floor}, n. --Addison.          2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floramour \Flo"ra*mour\, n.[L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove.]       The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floran \Flo"ran\, n. (Mining)       Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped       very fine. --Pryce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floren \Flor"en\, n. [LL. florenus. See {Florin}.]       A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.       florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]       1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six             shillings sterling value. --Camden.          2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.          {Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.          {Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flask \Flask\, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG.       flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF.       flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L.       vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. [?], [?], [?]. Cf.       {Flagon}, {Flasket}.]       1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a             flask of oil or wine.          2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various             purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of             wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat             water in, etc.          3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey.          4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand,             etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of             two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the             cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When             there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three             part flask, four part flask, etc.          {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and             cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents             laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from             Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.          {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.]             (a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3.             (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or                   flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating                   solutions.          {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered             with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.       florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]       1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six             shillings sterling value. --Camden.          2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.          {Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.          {Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.       florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]       1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six             shillings sterling value. --Camden.          2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.          {Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.          {Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florentine \Flor"en*tine\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus,       fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]       Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.          {Florentine mosaic}, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones,             often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors             represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a             background, usually of black or white marble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florentine \Flor"en*tine\, n.       1. A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.          2. A kind of silk. --Knight.          3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.]                         Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a.       Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed       by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated;       tessellated; also, composed of various materials or       ingredients.                   A very beautiful mosaic pavement.            --Addison.          {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}.          {Mosaic gold}.       (a) See {Ormolu}.       (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly             crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and             gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the             alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called             also {bronze powder}.          {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florentine \Flor"en*tine\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus,       fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]       Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.          {Florentine mosaic}, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones,             often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors             represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a             background, usually of black or white marble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florimer \Flo"ri*mer\, n. (Bot.)       See {Floramour}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florin \Flor"in\, n. [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a       Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr.       L. flos. See {Flower}, and cf. {Floren}.]       A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth       century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to       different coins in different countries. The florin of       England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or       about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40       cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.]       A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also       {florin} and {gulden}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Florin \Flor"in\, n. [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a       Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr.       L. flos. See {Flower}, and cf. {Floren}.]       A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth       century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to       different coins in different countries. The florin of       England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or       about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40       cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guilder \Guil"der\, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. {Golden}.]       A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also       {florin} and {gulden}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floroon \Flo*roon"\, n. [F. fleuron. See {Flower}.]       A border worked with flowers. --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flour \Flour\, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the       best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour,       Icel. fl[81]r flower, flour. See {Flower}.]       The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain;       especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting;       hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour       of emery; flour of mustard.          {Flour bolt}, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving,             cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the             refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.          {Flour box} a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.                      {Flour} {dredge [or] dredger}, a flour box.          {Flour dresser}, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour             according to grades of fineness.          {Flour mill}, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flour \Flour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floured}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flouring}.]       1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour             wheat.          2. To sprinkle with flour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floweriness \Flow"er*i*ness\, n.       The state of being flowery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun. Cf. {Flourish}.]       1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to             produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.          2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.                         Their lusty and flowering age.            --Robynson                                                                               (More's                                                                               Utopia).                         When flowered my youthful spring.      --Spenser.          3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.                         That beer did flower a little.            --Bacon.          4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]                         Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)       Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many       names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;       flowering almond, etc.          {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with             conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet             places.          {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,             and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --             distinguished from {flowerless plants}.          {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus             umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n.       1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom;             florification.          2. The act of adorning with flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de       Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the       city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried       grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving       the name from its resemblance to that grape.]       1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,             chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.          2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common             red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.          3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus             {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the             {Ribes rubrum}.          {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R.             floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.          {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a             strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.          {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores             into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the             larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria             tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus             supernotatus}).          {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the             leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the             currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from             Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit             worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a             spanworm ({Eupithecia}).          {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes}             ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)       Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many       names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;       flowering almond, etc.          {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with             conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet             places.          {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,             and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --             distinguished from {flowerless plants}.          {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus             umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)       Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many       names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;       flowering almond, etc.          {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with             conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet             places.          {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,             and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --             distinguished from {flowerless plants}.          {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus             umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.       porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]       (Bot.)       An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy,       succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and       for salads, garnishing, and pickling.          {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the             {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}.          {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra})             with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.          {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with             crowded opposite fleshy leaves.          {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but             slightly resembling purslane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to       LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum       butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]       1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing             endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species             of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}.          Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting                mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to                lamps and rushlights.          2. The merest trifle; a straw.                         John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.          {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}.          {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}.          {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}.          {Nut rush}             (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with                   hard nutlike fruits.             (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having                   tuberous roots.          {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria             denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the             Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}.          {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}.          {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with             wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.          {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack.          {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.}                      {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis},             in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.          {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.             ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical             practice.          {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs             in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)       Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many       names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;       flowering almond, etc.          {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with             conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet             places.          {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,             and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --             distinguished from {flowerless plants}.          {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus             umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.          Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the                species of {Pyrola} which in America are called                {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf,                under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is                given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen                aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of                a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed                by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and                sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}.          {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb             ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}.          {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia})             with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen             ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple             blossoms.          {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila             maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluoranthene \Flu`or*an"thene\, n. [Fluorene + anthra[?]ene.]       (Chem.)       A white crystalline hydrocarbon C[?]H[?], of a complex       structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling       portion of coal tar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluorene \Flu`or*ene\, n. (Chem.)       A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, {C13H10} having a       beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in       the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained       artificially.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluorine \Flu"or*ine\ (? [or] ?; 104), n. [NL. fluorina: cf. G.       fluorin, F. fluorine. So called from its occurrence in the       mineral fluorite.] (Chem.)       A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative,       or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the       halogen group of which it is the first member. It always       occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses       such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially,       that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If       set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so       that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent,       corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19.          Note: Fluorine unites with hydrogen to form hydrofluoric                acid, which is the agent employed in etching glass. It                occurs naturally, principally combined as calcium                fluoride in fluorite, and as a double fluoride of                aluminium and sodium in cryolite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flurry \Flur"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flurried}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Flurrying}.]       To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. --H.       Swinburne.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florahome, FL       Zip code(s): 32140
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florence, AL (city, FIPS 26896)       Location: 34.82785 N, 87.66506 W       Population (1990): 36426 (15913 housing units)       Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 35630, 35633    Florence, AZ (town, FIPS 23760)       Location: 33.03757 N, 111.37391 W       Population (1990): 7510 (2143 housing units)       Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 85232    Florence, CO (city, FIPS 27040)       Location: 38.38524 N, 105.11639 W       Population (1990): 2990 (1293 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 81226    Florence, IL (village, FIPS 26480)       Location: 39.62820 N, 90.61020 W       Population (1990): 45 (28 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Florence, IN       Zip code(s): 47020    Florence, KS (city, FIPS 23600)       Location: 38.24284 N, 96.92911 W       Population (1990): 636 (302 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 66851    Florence, KY (city, FIPS 27982)       Location: 38.99150 N, 84.64291 W       Population (1990): 18624 (7336 housing units)       Area: 21.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 41042    Florence, MA       Zip code(s): 01060    Florence, MN (city, FIPS 21410)       Location: 44.23687 N, 96.05147 W       Population (1990): 53 (29 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56170    Florence, MO       Zip code(s): 65329    Florence, MS (town, FIPS 24980)       Location: 32.15485 N, 90.12842 W       Population (1990): 1831 (709 housing units)       Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39073    Florence, MT       Zip code(s): 59833    Florence, NJ       Zip code(s): 08518    Florence, OR (city, FIPS 26050)       Location: 43.98639 N, 124.10311 W       Population (1990): 5162 (2741 housing units)       Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97439    Florence, SC (city, FIPS 25810)       Location: 34.18100 N, 79.78040 W       Population (1990): 29813 (11790 housing units)       Area: 38.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29501, 29505    Florence, SD (town, FIPS 21820)       Location: 45.05557 N, 97.32591 W       Population (1990): 192 (79 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57235    Florence, TX (town, FIPS 26136)       Location: 30.83967 N, 97.79265 W       Population (1990): 829 (361 housing units)       Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76527    Florence, VT       Zip code(s): 05744    Florence, WI       Zip code(s): 54121
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florence County, SC (county, FIPS 41)       Location: 34.02378 N, 79.70732 W       Population (1990): 114344 (43209 housing units)       Area: 2070.0 sq km (land), 9.9 sq km (water)    Florence County, WI (county, FIPS 37)       Location: 45.85110 N, 88.39933 W       Population (1990): 4590 (3775 housing units)       Area: 1264.1 sq km (land), 24.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florence-Graham, CA (CDP, FIPS 24477)       Location: 33.96705 N, 118.24437 W       Population (1990): 57147 (13488 housing units)       Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florence-Roebling, NJ (CDP, FIPS 23895)       Location: 40.11815 N, 74.79455 W       Population (1990): 8564 (3364 housing units)       Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florham Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 23910)       Location: 40.77765 N, 74.39680 W       Population (1990): 8521 (2969 housing units)       Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 07932
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florien, LA (village, FIPS 25860)       Location: 31.44944 N, 93.45949 W       Population (1990): 626 (307 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71429
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Florin, CA (CDP, FIPS 24498)       Location: 38.49065 N, 121.40439 W       Population (1990): 24330 (9007 housing units)       Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Florin, PA       Zip code(s): 17552
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flower Mound, TX (town, FIPS 26232)       Location: 33.02833 N, 97.09267 W       Population (1990): 15527 (5366 housing units)       Area: 83.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75028
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling          (US: "tunneling") The quantum mechanical effect       exploited in {EAPROM} and {Flash Erasable Programmable Read       Only Memory}.   It differs from {Frenkel-Pool Tunnelling} in       that it does not rely on defects in the {semiconductor}.          [More detail?]          (2001-09-27)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
fluorine    Symbol: F    Atomic number: 9    Atomic weight: 18.9984    A poisonous pale yellow gaseous element belonging to group 17 of the    periodic table (The halogens). It is the most chemically reactive and    electronegative element. It is highly dangerous, causing severe chemical    burns on contact with flesh. Fluorine was identified by Scheele in 1771    and first isolated by Moissan in 1886.