| areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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| baffle | (noun) a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy | Synonyms: baffle board |
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| baffled | (noun) people who are frustrated and perplexed | - |
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| bafflement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| bufflehead | (noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage | Synonyms: Bucephela albeola, butterball, dipper |
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| circumflex | (noun) a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality | - |
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| deflection | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflexion |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflexion, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflexion |
| (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | Synonyms: warp |
| deflector | (noun) a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
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| deflexion | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflection |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflection |
| dorsiflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part) | - |
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| duffle | (noun) a coarse heavy woolen fabric | Synonyms: duffel |
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| (noun) a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings | Synonyms: duffel, duffel bag, duffle bag |
| effleurage | (noun) a rhythmic stroking | - |
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| flea | (noun) any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap | - |
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| fleabag | (noun) a run-down hotel | - |
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| fleabane | (noun) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas | Synonyms: feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica |
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| (noun) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas | - |
| (noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed |
| fleapit | (noun) an old shabby movie theater | - |
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| fleawort | (noun) plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative | Synonyms: Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium |
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| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| fleck | (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot |
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| (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, scrap |
| flection | (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flexion, inflection |
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| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flexion, flexure |
| fledgeling | (noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgling |
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| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| fledgling | (noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgeling |
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| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| fleece | (noun) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks | Synonyms: wool |
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| (noun) a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing | - |
| (noun) the wool of a sheep or similar animal | - |
| (noun) tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing | Synonyms: sheepskin |
| fleer | (noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fugitive, runaway |
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| (noun) contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words | - |
| fleet | (noun) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit | - |
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| (noun) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership | - |
| (noun) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership | - |
| (noun) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership | - |
| fleetingness | (noun) the property of lasting for a very short time | Synonyms: ephemerality, ephemeralness |
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| fleetness | (noun) rapidity of movement | - |
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| flerovium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element | Synonyms: Fl |
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| flesh | (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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| (noun) the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat | - |
| (noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: pulp |
| fleshiness | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, obesity |
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| flews | (noun) The fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog. | - |
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| flex | (noun) the act of flexing | - |
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| flexibility | (noun) the quality of being adaptable or variable | Synonyms: flexibleness |
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| (noun) the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped | Synonyms: flexibleness |
| (noun) the trait of being easily persuaded | Synonyms: tractability, tractableness |
| flexibleness | (noun) the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped | Synonyms: flexibility |
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| (noun) the quality of being adaptable or variable | Synonyms: flexibility |
| flexion | (noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | Synonyms: flexure |
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| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, inflection |
| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flection, flexure |
| flexitarianism | (noun) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons. | Synonyms: semi-vegetarianism |
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| flexor | (noun) a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint | Synonyms: flexor muscle |
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| flexure | (noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | Synonyms: flexion |
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| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, fold, plication |
| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flection, flexion |
| genuflection | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflexion |
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| genuflexion | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflection |
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| gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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| horseflesh | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horsemeat |
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| inflection | (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: prosody |
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| (noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | Synonyms: modulation |
| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, flexion |
| (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflexion |
| inflexibility | (noun) the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | Synonyms: rigidity, rigidness |
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| (noun) a lack of physical flexibility | Synonyms: inflexibleness |
| inflexibleness | (noun) a lack of physical flexibility | Synonyms: inflexibility |
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| inflexion | (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflection |
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| interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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| kerfuffle | (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do |
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| leaflet | (noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | Synonyms: cusp |
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| (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet |
| (noun) part of a compound leaf | - |
| muffle | (noun) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature | - |
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| muffler | (noun) a scarf worn around the neck | - |
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| (noun) a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise | Synonyms: silencer |
| (noun) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | Synonyms: damper |
| piffle | (noun) trivial nonsense | Synonyms: balderdash, fiddle-faddle |
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| raffle | (noun) a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | - |
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| reflectance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectivity |
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| reflection | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflexion |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflectivity, reflexion |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflexion |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflexion |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflexion |
| (noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed | - |
| reflectiveness | (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectivity |
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| reflectivity | (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |
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| (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectiveness |
| (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflectance, reflection factor |
| reflectometer | (noun) a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface | - |
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| reflector | (noun) device that reflects radiation | - |
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| (noun) optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece | Synonyms: reflecting telescope |
| reflex | (noun) an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | Synonyms: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex |
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| reflexion | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflection |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflectivity |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflection |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflection |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflection |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflection |
| reflexive | (noun) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | Synonyms: reflexive pronoun |
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| reflexiveness | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexivity |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexivity |
| reflexivity | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
| reflexology | (noun) massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body | - |
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| (noun) the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms | - |
| reshuffle | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffling |
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| (noun) a redistribution of something | - |
| retroflection | (noun) the act of bending backward | Synonyms: retroflexion |
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| (noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth | Synonyms: retroflexion |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflexion, retroversion |
| retroflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward | Synonyms: retroflection |
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| (noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth | Synonyms: retroflection |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflection, retroversion |
| riffle | (noun) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | - |
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| (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: ripple, rippling, wavelet |
| rifle | (noun) a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore | - |
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| riflebird | (noun) velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail | Synonyms: Ptloris paradisea |
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| rifleman | (noun) a soldier whose weapon is a rifle | - |
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| (noun) someone skilled in the use of a rifle | - |
| ruffle | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, disturbance, fray |
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| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff |
| (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, furbelow |
| scuffle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, tussle |
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| (noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scramble |
| (noun) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling | Synonyms: Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe |
| selflessness | (noun) acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity | Synonyms: self-sacrifice |
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| (noun) the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: altruism |
| shuffle | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffling |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffling |
| shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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| shuffler | (noun) someone who walks without raising the feet | - |
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| (noun) the card player who shuffles the cards | - |
| skiffle | (noun) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments | - |
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| snaffle | (noun) a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb | Synonyms: snaffle bit |
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| sniffle | (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: snivel, snuffle |
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| sniffler | (noun) a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose | Synonyms: sniveler |
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| snuffle | (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snivel |
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| snuffler | (noun) a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus) | - |
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| souffle | (noun) light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit | - |
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| stifle | (noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee | Synonyms: knee |
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| stifler | (noun) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses | Synonyms: smotherer |
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| trifle | (noun) something of small importance | Synonyms: small beer, trivia, triviality |
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| (noun) a detail that is considered insignificant | Synonyms: triviality |
| (noun) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate | - |
| trifler | (noun) one who behaves lightly or not seriously | - |
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| truffle | (noun) edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber | Synonyms: earthnut |
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| (noun) creamy chocolate candy | Synonyms: chocolate truffle |
| (noun) any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe | Synonyms: earth-ball, earthnut |
| waffle | (noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | - |
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| waffler | (noun) someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner | - |
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| whiffletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whippletree |
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