flacourtia
- n often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
flack
- n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- n intense adverse criticism
- n artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
flack catcher
- n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
fixture
- n an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- n a regular patron
a bum who is a Central Park fixture - n the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- n the act of putting something in working order again
fizgig
- n an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- n a firework that fizzes as it moves
fizz
- n an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
- v become bubbly or frothy or foaming
fizzle
- n a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- n a complete failure
- v end weakly
fjord
- n a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
fl
- n a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War