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fleece
  • n  the wool of a sheep or similar animal
  • n  tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
  • n  a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
  • n  outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
  • v  rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  • v  shear the wool from
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fleer
  • n  someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  • n  contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
  • v  to smirk contemptuously
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fleet ballistic missile submarine
  • n  a submarine carrying ballistic missiles
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fleet street
  • n  a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
  • n  British journalism
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fleetness
  • n  rapidity of movement
    fleetness of foot
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fleming
  • n  British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
  • n  Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
  • n  a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
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flemish dialect
  • n  one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
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