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five cents. nickel.
fivefold, a. quintuple.
five languages. a.s.sociated Word: pentaglot.
five-sided, a. pentagonal, pentahedral.
five years. quinquennium, l.u.s.trum. a.s.sociated Words: quinquennial, quinquennially.
fir, v. mend, repair, restore, adjust; rivet, fasten; settle, fasten, establish, implant, define.
fix, n. (Colloq.) dilemma, predicament, plight, quandary.
Antonyms: extrication, release.
fixed, a. immovable, established, stable, firm, unchangeable steadfast, stereotyped.
fixings, n. pl. (Colloq.) embellishments, tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs.
fizzle, n. (Colloq.) failure, fiasco.
flabbergast, v. (Jocular) astonish, amaze, surprise, dumfound.
flabbergastation, n. (Jocular) astonishment, amazement.
flabbiness, n. flaccidity, limpness.
flabby, a. yielding, limp, soft, flaccid. Antonyms: firm, stiff, rigid.
flag, n. colors, standard, banner, gonfalon, pennon, pennant, ensign, guidon, streamer, banderole; iris, _fleur-de-luce_. a.s.sociated words: furl, unfurl.
flagrant, a. glowing, flaming, ardent; atrocious, heinous, wicked.
flake, n. film, flock, lamina, scale.
flame, n. blaze, fire; love, sweetheart. a.s.sociated Words: lambent, flamineous, flammiferous, flammivomous, flambage.
flame, v. blaze. Antonym: smolder.
flameless a. aphlogistic.
flaming, a. blazing, afire, flagrant; dazzling, brilliant; ardent, pa.s.sionate.
flare, v. flicker, flutter; dazzle, blaze, glare; flaunt.
flare, n. glare, flicker.
flare-up, n. (Colloq.) pa.s.sion, anger, outburst.
flash, n. gleam, glare, coruscation.
flash, v. glitter, gleam, glisten, coruscate, sparkle.
flash, n. instant, moment.
flashy, a. dazzling, coruscant; gaudy, tawdry, meretricious showy.
flask, n. betty, matra.s.s, bolthead.
flat, a. level, even, plane, smooth; prostrate, p.r.o.ne; stale, insipid, vapid, tasteless, unsavory, unpalatable, mawkish; peremptory, unqualified, positive; spatulous, spatulate; sonant, vocal. Antonyms: convex, concave, warped, cambered, undulating, protuberant, projecting.
flat, n. lowland, champaign; floor, suite.
flatboat, n. punt.
flatfoot, n. splayfoot.
flatfooted, a. splayfooted; (Slang) determined, resolute, unwavering, firmfooted.
flatiron, n. sadiron.
flatnosed, a. simous.
flatter, v. blandish, cajole, wheedle, compliment.
flatterer, n. wheedler, sycophant, toady, pickthank, flunky, Jenkins, adulator, blandisher.
flattering, a. wheedling, adulatory, alluring, blandiloquent, sycophantic, obsequious.
flattery, n. adulation, blandishment, wheedling, flummery, blandiloquence, cajolery.
flaunting, a. ostentatious, showy.
flavor, n. savor, taste, relish, zest, gusto, race, tang, sapidity.
flavorless, a. insipid, vapid, unpalatable, savorless, tasteless.
flavorous, a. sapid, palatable, savory, gustable.
flaw, n. defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.
flawless, a. faultless, perfect.
flawy, a. defective, faulty.
flay, v. skin, excoriate.
fleece, v. plunder, swindle, despoil, strip.
fleet, n. squadron, navy, flotilla, armada.
