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first of may

noun · observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor

first off

adverb · before anything else

Example: first we must consider the garter snake

firstborn

adjective · first in order of birth

Example: the firstborn child

fish fillet

noun · a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish

fish fuddle

noun · small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons

fisheye

adjective · of or relating to a fisheye lens

fishing licence

noun · a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time

fissile

adjective · capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain

Example: fissile crystals

fissionable

adjective · capable of undergoing nuclear fission

Example: a fissionable nucleous

fistulate

adjective · hollow and tube-shaped like a reed

fit the bill

verb · be what is needed or be good enough for what is required

Example: Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?

fitfully

adverb · in a fitful manner

Example: he slept fitfully

fitly

adverb · in an appropriate manner

Example: he was appropriately dressed

fits and starts

noun · repeated bursts of activity

Example: they worked in fits and starts

fitted

adjective · being the right size and shape to fit as desired

Example: a fitted overcoat

fittingly

adverb · in an appropriate manner

Example: he was appropriately dressed

five hundred

adjective · denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units

five-fold

adjective · having five units or components

five-hundredth

adjective · the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order

fixation

noun · (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

fixedly

adverb · in a fixed manner

Example: he stared at me fixedly

flabbergast

verb · overcome with amazement

Example: This boggles the mind!

flag down

verb · signal to stop

Example: Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain

flagrantly

adverb · in a flagrant manner

Example: he is flagrantly disregarding the law

flake out

verb · change from a waking to a sleeping state

Example: he always falls asleep during lectures

flame up

verb · burn brightly

Example: Every star seemed to flare with new intensity

flame-colored

adjective · having the brilliant orange-red color of flames

flap down

verb · throw violently

Example: He slammed the book on the table

flare out

verb · become flared and widen, usually at one end

Example: The bellbottom pants flare out

flare up

verb · erupt or intensify suddenly

Example: Unrest erupted in the country

flash back

verb · return in time

Example: the film cut back to an earlier event in the story

flash flood

noun · a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration

flat-growing

adjective · of plants that grow relatively low to the ground

flatly

adverb · in an unqualified manner

Example: he flatly denied the charges

flawlessly

adverb · in an adroit manner

Example: he bounced it cleanly off the wall

fledge

verb · grow feathers

Example: The young sparrows are fledging already

fledgeling

adjective · (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers

Example: a fledgling robin

fleetly

adverb · in a swift manner

Example: she moved swiftly

flesh out

verb · become round, plump, or shapely

Example: The young woman is fleshing out

fleshly

adjective · marked by the appetites and passions of the body

Example: animal instincts

fleur-de-lis

noun · (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris

flexibly

adverb · with flexibility

Example: `Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly

flim-flam

verb · deceive somebody

Example: We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

flimsily

adverb · in a weak and flimsy manner

Example: this car is so flimsily constructed!

flinders

noun · bits and splinters and fragments

Example: it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage

fling off

verb · write quickly

Example: She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper

flint glass

noun · optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index

flip one's lid

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

flip one's wig

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

flip out

verb · go mad, go crazy

Example: He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off

flip over

verb · turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

Example: flip over the pork chop

flirt with

verb · take into consideration, have in view

Example: He entertained the notion of moving to South America

flirtatiously

adverb · in a flirtatious manner

Example: she smiled coquettishly

flog

verb · beat severely with a whip or rod

Example: The teacher often flogged the students