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   filarial
         adj 1: related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic
                  worms especially filaria

English Dictionary: floral envelope by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floor lamp
n
  1. a lamp that stands on the floor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floor leader
n
  1. the legislator who organizes his party's strategy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floorwalker
n
  1. an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain"
    Synonym(s): floorwalker, shopwalker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floral
adj
  1. resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design"
    Synonym(s): floral, flowered
  2. relating to or associated with flowers; "floral organs"
  3. of or relating to the plant life in a particular region; "characteristic alpine floral elements"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floral arrangement
n
  1. a decorative arrangement of flowers [syn: {flower arrangement}, floral arrangement]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floral cup
n
  1. the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
    Synonym(s): hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floral envelope
n
  1. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
    Synonym(s): perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floral leaf
n
  1. a modified leaf that is part of a flower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Floreal
n
  1. eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
florilegium
n
  1. an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
    Synonym(s): florilegium, garland, miscellany
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flowerless
adj
  1. without flower or bloom and not producing seeds; "a flowerless plant"
    Synonym(s): flowerless, nonflowering
    Antonym(s): flowering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Filarial \Fi*la"ri*al\, a.
      1. (Zo[94]l. & Med.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by,
            filari[91] and allied parasitic worms.
  
      2. Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of
            birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floor \Floor\, n. [AS. fl[?]r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field,
      floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[?]r floor of a cow stall, cf.
      Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to
      L. planus level. Cf. {Plain} smooth.]
      1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which
            we stand and upon which the movables in the room are
            supported.
  
      2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper
            covering, which divides a building horizontally into
            stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of
            floor in sense 2.
  
      3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
            walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  
      4. A story of a building. See {Story}.
  
      5. (Legislative Assemblies)
            (a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
            (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
               possession of the house.
  
      6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
            of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  
      7. (Mining)
            (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
                  deposit.
            (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.
  
      {Floor cloth}, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or
            saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors;
            oilcloth.
  
      {Floor cramp}, an implement for tightening the seams of floor
            boards before nailing them in position.
  
      {Floor light}, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
  
      {Floor plan}.
            (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship
                  as divided at the water line.
            (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of
                  the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages,
                  apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of
                  a house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floorless \Floor"less\, a.
      Having no floor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floorwalker \Floor"walk`er\, n.
      One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer
      and director. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floral \Flo"ral\, a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F.
      floral. See {Flora}.]
      1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as,
            floral games, wreaths.
  
      2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral
            bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. --Martyn.
  
      {Floral envelope} (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the
            other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Floral \Flo"ral\, a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F.
      floral. See {Flora}.]
      1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as,
            floral games, wreaths.
  
      2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral
            bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. --Martyn.
  
      {Floral envelope} (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the
            other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Florally \Flo"ral*ly\, adv.
      In a floral manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Florilege \Flo"ri*lege\, n. [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos,
      floris, flower + legere to gather: cf. F. floril[8a]ge.]
      The act of gathering flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Florulent \Flor"u*lent\, a. [L. florulentus, fr. flos, floris,
      flower.]
      Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] --Blount.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flowerless \Flow"er*less\, a.
      Having no flowers.
  
      {Flowerless plants}, plants which have no true flowers, and
            produce no seeds; cryptogamous plants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flowerless \Flow"er*less\, a.
      Having no flowers.
  
      {Flowerless plants}, plants which have no true flowers, and
            produce no seeds; cryptogamous plants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flowerlessness \Flow"er*less*ness\, n.
      State of being without flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
  
                     A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
      4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
  
      5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
            hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
  
      6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
            the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.
  
      7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
            wind blows.
  
      8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
            marked; the compass card. --Totten.
  
      9. (Mech.)
            (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
                  fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
                  machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
                  striking part of a clock.
            (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
                  on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
                  motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
                  power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
                  is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
                  press. See {Fly wheel} (below).
  
      10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
            holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
            penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
  
      11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
            spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
  
      12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
            jerk. --Knight.
  
      13.
            (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
                  the press.
            (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
                  to a power printing press for doing the same work.
  
      14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
            over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
            of the tent at no other place.
  
      15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
  
      16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
            overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
  
      17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
            distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
            ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
  
      {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under
            {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom
            ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in
            sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}
            (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
            working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
            in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing
            Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
            the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for
            anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,
            formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a
            reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
            driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
            winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
            rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the
            act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
            flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing
            flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the
            speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
            revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant
            of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem
            and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.
            Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an
            artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the
            beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
      {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
  
      {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.
  
      {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
            nut.
  
      {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose
            flowers resemble flies.
  
      {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
            feed upon or are entangled by it.
  
      {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
  
      {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
            operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
  
      {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
            leaf of a table.
  
      {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
  
      {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
  
      {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
            nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
            is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
  
      {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
            equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
            its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
            accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
            intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.
  
      {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
            batted ball caught before touching the ground.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Floral, AR
      Zip code(s): 72534

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Floral City, FL (CDP, FIPS 22775)
      Location: 28.74138 N, 82.29150 W
      Population (1990): 2609 (1612 housing units)
      Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Floral Park, NY (village, FIPS 26264)
      Location: 40.72232 N, 73.70363 W
      Population (1990): 15947 (5796 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11001

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Florala, AL (city, FIPS 26848)
      Location: 31.02111 N, 86.30845 W
      Population (1990): 2075 (1063 housing units)
      Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36442

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Flower Hill, NY (village, FIPS 26352)
      Location: 40.80853 N, 73.67596 W
      Population (1990): 4490 (1506 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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