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Page 25 of 53 for the letter F

fiz, fizz, fizzan, fizzems, fizzen, fizzie, fizzin, fizziness, fizzum, fizzums, fizzy, fuzz, fuzzie, fuzziness, fuzzy, phiz,
fizz [fɪz]
n. A commotion.
v. To make a hissing noise, to make a fuss, to bustle, to be in a great rage.
 
fizzy
adj. Fizzing, fussy, to bustling, fizzy, effervescent.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fizzin: Fizzing, raging.
fizziness Fizziness, bubbliness, effervescence.
fizzums: NN.b. Quick, sharp showers.
 
See fiss also.
barflog, flaag, flag, fljog, floag, flog, flyog, flyog,
flaag [I.Sh. flaːg]
also I.Sh. flog [fl(j)oːg]
I.Sh. An untidy, loose, flapping condition.
v. I.Sh. To hang loosely, to flap. To move about in an ungainly, flopping manner. To cause to flap, wave about.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
barflog: I.Sh. To beat one's hands crosswise around the shoulders to keep oneself warm.
flack, flak, flakk, kalliflack, kalliflakk,
flack [MN. flak]
v. To flap, to make a flapping noise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kalliflack: I.Sh. The shrill crying of gulls.
flaach, flach, fladge, fladgie, fladyin, flatch, flatchie, flatj, flatj, flatsh, flatsh, flatshie, flatsi, flauge, flodge, flotch, flutch,
fladge [fladʒ]
n. A large flat piece of anything.
dim. fladgie [I.Sh. flatʃi] A temporary bed made up on the floor.
v. [I.Sh. flatʃ] To flatten, press down flat. To walk clumsily.
flae, flai, flaich, flaichie, flaichy, flay, flea, fleach, flech, flechie, flechie, flechin, flechy, flechy, fleck, sea-flech,
flae [fleː]
also flech [flɛç]
n. A flea.
dim. flechie sl. A bed.
 
flechy [ˈflɛçɪ]
adj. Flea-ridden.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
flechin: a removing of fleas by scratching, a beating or scolding.
flechy nellie: MN. The feverfew Tanacetum parthenium.
fley the flaen: The bog-myrtle Myrica gale.
kill-the-flech: MN. The feverfew Tanacetum parthenium.
sea flech: MN. I.Sh. The sand flee Platorchestia platensis.
flaf, flaff, flaff$rin, flaffed, flaffer, flaffer, flafferin, flaffin, flaffin$, flaffit, flafft, fliff, floff,
flaff [flaf]
n. A flapping or fluttering movement, a light blow with something flat, a flick, a slap, a slam. A gust or puff of wind, a brief moment, an instant. Something light, fluffy, unsubstantial.
v. To flap, flutter, to wave, to palpitate. Of light: to flicker, gleam intermittently. Of the wind: to blow in gusts. To cause to flap or flutter, to fan a flame or fire.
pt. pp. flafft
 
flaffer
n. A fluttering, flapping motion.
v. To flutter or flap. To make a fluttering noise. To palpitate or throb.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
flaffin [ˈflafɪn]: Flapping in the wind.
flafferin: Flapping or fluttering etc.
flack, flackie, flag, flaggan, flaggie, flaggin, flaggit, flagstane, flug, fluggie,
flag [flag]
n. A flagstone. A piece of turf cut or pared from the sward, an earth sod. MN. I.Ork. A large snowflake.
dim. flaggie
v. To pave with flags. MN. I.Ork. Of snow: to fall in large flakes.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
flaggit: Of floors: flagged.
flaggin: MN. I.Ork. A large snowflake.
flaag, flag, fleg, flegs,
flag [flag, U. flɛg]
n. A flag.
flag, flagged, flaggit,
flag [flag]
v. To flog or whip.
pt. pp. flaggit.
fagary, feegarie, figarie, figary, figeery, figmagarey, figmagary, filgarry, flagairy, flagarie, flagary, fleegarie, fleegarie, fleegary, fleegary, fleegary, fleegary, flegarie, flegarie, flegarie, flegmageeriem, fligary, fligary, fligary, fligmagairie, fligmagarie, fligmagearie, flugarie, flugarie, flugary, flugary, flumageerie,
flagarie [fləˈgeːre]
also feegarie [fiˈgeːre]
n. An ornament, a gewgaw, a whim, a silly fuss, a piece of frivolity.
v. To fuss, to act frivolously.
 
See vaigrie also.

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