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flotation
  • n  the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
  • n  financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
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flotation device
  • n  rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
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flotilla
  • n  a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
  • n  a fleet of small craft
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flounce
  • n  a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
  • n  the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
  • v  walk emphatically
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flounder
  • n  flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
  • n  any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
  • v  walk with great difficulty
  • v  behave awkwardly; have difficulties
    She is floundering in college
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flowering hazel
  • n  any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
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flour
  • n  fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
  • v  cover with flour
    flour fish or meat before frying it
  • v  convert grain into flour
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