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5 letter words starting with flu

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  • FLUBS
  • FLUED
  • FLUES
  • FLUEY
  • FLUFF
  • FLUID
  • FLUKE
  • FLUKY
  • FLUME
  • FLUMP
  • FLUNG
  • FLUNK
  • FLUOR
  • FLURR
  • FLUSH
  • FLUTE
  • FLUTY
  • FLUYT

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Definition of flues

flues (noun)

  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  3. A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
  4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Definition of fluke

fluke (noun)

  1. A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.

fluke (verb)

  1. To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
  2. To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.

fluke (noun)

  1. A flounder.
  2. A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.

fluke (noun)

  1. Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
  2. Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
  3. A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
  4. In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
  5. Waste cotton.

Definition of flume

flume (noun)

  1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.

flume (verb)

  1. To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

Definition of flunk

flunk (verb)

  1. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  2. Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
  3. To shirk (a task or duty).
  4. To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference describing a person's attitude to life in general.)

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.