5 letter words starting with fl

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  • FLABS
  • FLACK
  • FLAFF
  • FLAGS
  • FLAIL
  • FLAIR
  • FLAKE
  • FLAKS
  • FLAKY
  • FLAME
  • FLAMM
  • FLAMS
  • FLAMY
  • FLANE
  • FLANK
  • FLANS
  • FLAPS
  • FLARE
  • FLARY
  • FLASH
  • FLASK
  • FLATS
  • FLAVA
  • FLAWN
  • FLAWS
  • FLAWY
  • FLAXY
  • FLAYS
  • FLEAM
  • FLEAS
  • FLECK
  • FLEEK
  • FLEER
  • FLEES
  • FLEET
  • FLEGS
  • FLEME
  • FLESH
  • FLEUR
  • FLEWS
  • FLEXI
  • FLEXO
  • FLEYS
  • FLICK
  • FLICS
  • FLIED
  • FLIER
  • FLIES
  • FLIMP
  • FLIMS
  • FLING
  • FLINT
  • FLIPS
  • FLIRS
  • FLIRT
  • FLISK
  • FLITE
  • FLITS
  • FLITT
  • FLOAT
  • FLOBS
  • FLOCK
  • FLOCS
  • FLOES
  • FLOGS
  • FLONG
  • FLOOD
  • FLOOR
  • FLOPS
  • FLORA
  • FLORE
  • FLORS
  • FLORY
  • FLOSH
  • FLOSS
  • FLOTA
  • FLOTE
  • FLOUR
  • FLOUT
  • FLOWN
  • FLOWS
  • FLOWY
  • FLUBS
  • FLUED
  • FLUES
  • FLUEY
  • FLUFF
  • FLUID
  • FLUKE
  • FLUKY
  • FLUME
  • FLUMP
  • FLUNG
  • FLUNK
  • FLUOR
  • FLURR
  • FLUSH
  • FLUTE
  • FLUTY
  • FLUYT
  • FLYBY
  • FLYER
  • FLYIN
  • FLYPE
  • FLYTE

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Definition of flank

flank (noun)

  1. The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
  2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
  3. The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
  4. The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
  5. The side of something, in general senses.
  6. The outermost strip of a road.
  7. The wing, one side of the pitch.
  8. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

flank (verb)

  1. To attack the flank(s) of.
  2. To defend the flank(s) of.
  3. To place to the side(s) of.
  4. To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

flank (adjective)

  1. (of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.


Definition of flint

flint (noun)

  1. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
  2. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
  3. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  4. A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
  5. Anything figuratively hard.

flint (verb)

  1. To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

Definition of flute

flute (noun)

  1. A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
  2. A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
  3. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
  4. A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
  5. A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
  6. A long French bread roll, baguette.
  7. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
  8. A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

flute (verb)

  1. To play on a flute.
  2. To make a flutelike sound.
  3. To utter with a flutelike sound.
  4. To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

flute (noun)

  1. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.