flake
- n a crystal of snow
- n a person with an unusual or odd personality
- n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- v form into flakes
The substances started to flake - v cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- v come off in flakes or thin small pieces
flakiness
- n informal terms for insanity
- n having or breaking into thin crisp flakes
flambeau
- n a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
flamboyance
- n extravagant elaborateness
he wrote with great flamboyance
flamboyant tree
- n tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
flame
- n the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- v shine with a sudden light
- v be in flames or aflame
The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset - v criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed
flame-flower
- n a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
- n plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
flame-out
- n the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
- n a complete or conspicuous failure
the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings