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flunitrazepan
  • n  a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia
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flunk
  • n  failure to reach a minimum required performance
    he got two flunks on his report
  • v  fail to get a passing grade
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flunkey
  • n  a male servant (especially a footman)
  • n  a person of unquestioning obedience
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flunky
  • n  a male servant (especially a footman)
  • n  a person of unquestioning obedience
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fluor
  • n  a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
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fluorapatite
  • n  a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine
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fluorescein
  • n  a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)
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fluorescein isocyanate
  • n  a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence
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