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flowers-of-an-hour
  • n  annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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flowers of zinc
  • n  oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
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floxuridine
  • n  antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair
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floyd bennett
  • n  United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
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flub
  • n  an embarrassing mistake
  • v  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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fluctuation
  • n  a wave motion
    the fluctuations of the sea
  • n  an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
  • n  the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
    he kept a record of price fluctuations
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flue
  • n  flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
  • n  organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
  • n  a conduit to carry off smoke
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