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fleeting passing or disappearing quickly; transient; ephemeral.
Fleet Street the journalism establishment in London, England, so called after the street on which many newspaper offices are located.
Fleming a native of Flanders, or a descendant thereof. [2 definitions]
Flemish of or pertaining to Flanders or its people, culture, language, or the like. [3 definitions]
flense to strip (blubber or skin), or to strip (a whale or seal) of blubber or skin.
flesh the soft tissue beneath the skin and surrounding the bones of an animal or human body, including muscle and fat. [9 definitions]
flesh-colored having the color of human skin, often a Caucasian's skin.
flesh fly any of various flies that deposit their eggs or larvae in dead or living animal flesh.
fleshly relating to the physical body; physical. [2 definitions]
fleshpot (usu. pl.) a place that offers physical, usu. carnal, pleasures.
flesh wound a wound that does not damage vital organs or bones.
fleshy having an abundance of flesh or fat. [2 definitions]
fleur-de-lis an iris. [2 definitions]
flew a past tense of fly1.
flex to bend, often repeatedly. [3 definitions]
flex-fuel of a vehicle, capable of using more than one type of fuel, typically gasoline and ethanol.
flexibility the capability of bending easily, or being bent easily, and not breaking.
flexible easily bent or able to bend without breaking; pliable. [3 definitions]
flexion the act of contracting the flexor muscles, or the condition of having these muscles contracted; flexing; bending.
flexitime variant of flextime.
flexor a muscle that flexes or bends a limb or other body part.