| flashlight | (noun) a small portable battery-powered electric lamp | Synonyms: torch |
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| flashover | (noun) an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator) | - |
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| flashpoint | (noun) the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air | Synonyms: flash point |
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| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: hot spot, hotspot, trouble spot |
| (noun) point at which something is ready to blow up | Synonyms: flash point |
| flashy | (adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | Synonyms: gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty |
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| (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
| flask | (noun) bottle that has a narrow neck | - |
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| (noun) the quantity a flask will hold | Synonyms: flaskful |
| flaskful | (noun) the quantity a flask will hold | Synonyms: flask |
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| flat | (adjective) (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone | - |
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| (adjective) lacking contrast or shading between tones | - |
| (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy | Synonyms: mat, matt, matte, matted |
| (adjective) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | Synonyms: level, plane |
| (adjective) horizontally level | - |
| (adjective) commercially inactive | - |
| (adjective) lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth | Synonyms: 2-dimensional, two-dimensional |
| (adjective) having lost effervescence | - |
| (adjective) having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness | - |
| (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
| (adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | Synonyms: compressed |
| (adjective) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | Synonyms: prostrate |
| (adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | Synonyms: monotone, monotonic, monotonous |
| (adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categoric, categorical, unconditional |
| (adjective) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | Synonyms: bland |
| (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | Synonyms: apartment |
| (noun) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting | - |
| (noun) a deflated pneumatic tire | Synonyms: flat tire |
| (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof | Synonyms: flatbed, flatcar |
| (noun) a shallow box in which seedlings are started | - |
| (noun) a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named | - |
| (noun) a level tract of land | - |
| (adverb) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | Synonyms: directly, straight |
| (adverb) with flat sails | - |
| flatbed | (noun) an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects | - |
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| (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof | Synonyms: flat, flatcar |
| flatboat | (noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | Synonyms: barge, hoy, lighter |
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| flatbottom | (adjective) having a flat bottom | Synonyms: flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottomed |
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| flatbottomed | (adjective) having a flat bottom | Synonyms: flat-bottom, flat-bottomed, flatbottom |
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| flatbread | (noun) any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough | - |
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| flatbrod | (noun) the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia | - |
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| flatcar | (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof | Synonyms: flat, flatbed |
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| flatfish | (noun) any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side | - |
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| (noun) sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets | - |
| flatfoot | (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: pes planus, splayfoot |
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| (noun) a policeman who patrols a given region | Synonyms: patrolman |
| flatfooted | (adjective) forthright and explicit | Synonyms: flat-footed |
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| (adjective) with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe | Synonyms: flat-footed |
| (adjective) having broad flat feet that usually turn outward | Synonyms: flat-footed |
| (adjective) unprepared and unable to react quickly | Synonyms: flat-footed |
| flathead | (noun) food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards | - |
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| (noun) pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout | - |
| flatiron | (noun) an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove | - |
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| flatlet | (noun) a tiny flat | - |
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| flatly | (adverb) in an unqualified manner | Synonyms: categorically, unconditionally |
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| flatmate | (noun) an associate who shares an apartment with you | - |
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| flatness | (noun) the property of having two dimensions | Synonyms: planeness, two-dimensionality |
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| (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness |
| (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte |
| (noun) a deficiency in flavor | - |
| (noun) a want of animation or brilliance | - |
| flats | (noun) footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel) | - |
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| flatten | (verb) become flat or flatter | Synonyms: flatten out |
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| (verb) make flat or flatter | - |
| (verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes) | Synonyms: drop |
| flattened | (adjective) having been flattened | Synonyms: planate |
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| flatter | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: blandish |
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| flatterer | (noun) a person who uses flattery | Synonyms: adulator |
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| flattering | (adjective) showing or representing to advantage | - |
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| (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: adulatory |
| flattery | (noun) excessive or insincere praise | - |
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| flattop | (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier |
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| (noun) a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys | Synonyms: butch, crew cut |
| flatulence | (noun) pompously embellished language | Synonyms: turgidity, turgidness |
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| (noun) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulency, gas |
| flatulency | (noun) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulence, gas |
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| flatulent | (adjective) generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: colicky, gassy |
| flatus | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, wind |
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| flatware | (noun) silverware eating utensils | Synonyms: silver |
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| (noun) tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece | - |
| flatwork | (noun) ironing that can be done mechanically | Synonyms: flat wash |
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| flatworm | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: platyhelminth |
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| flaunt | (noun) the act of displaying something ostentatiously | - |
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| (verb) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | Synonyms: flash, ostentate, show off, swank |
| flaunty | (adjective) inclined to flaunt | - |
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| flautist | (noun) someone who plays the flute | Synonyms: flute player, flutist |
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| flavin | (noun) a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin | - |
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| flavivirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae | - |
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| flavone | (noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments | - |
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| flavonoid | (noun) any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone | - |
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| flavor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavour |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavour, season |
| flavorer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavorful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavorless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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| flavorlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavorous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavorsome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavorsomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavoursomeness, savoriness |
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| flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, season |
| flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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| flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavourous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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| flaw | (noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: defect, fault |
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| (noun) defect or weakness in a person's character | - |
| (noun) an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness | - |
| (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: blemish |
| flawed | (adjective) having a blemish or flaw | Synonyms: blemished |
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| flawless | (adjective) without a flaw | Synonyms: unflawed |
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| flawlessly | (adverb) smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | Synonyms: cleanly |
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| flawlessness | (noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: ne plus ultra, perfection |
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| flax | (noun) plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem | - |
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| (noun) fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric | - |
| flaxen | (adjective) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: sandy |
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| flaxseed | (noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil | Synonyms: linseed |
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| flay | (verb) strip the skin off | - |
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| flimflam | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, hustle, sting |
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| hepatoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| hipflask | (noun) a flask that holds spirits | Synonyms: pocket flask |
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| inflame | (verb) become inflamed; get sore | - |
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| (verb) cause inflammation in | - |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, stir up, wake |
| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, enkindle, kindle |
| (verb) catch fire | Synonyms: kindle |
| inflamed | (adjective) adorned with tongues of flame | - |
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| (adjective) lighted with red light as if with flames | Synonyms: ablaze, reddened |
| (adjective) resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened | - |
| inflaming | (noun) arousal to violent emotion | Synonyms: inflammation |
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| inflammability | (noun) the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly | Synonyms: flammability |
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| inflammable | (adjective) easily ignited | Synonyms: flammable |
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| inflammation | (noun) arousal to violent emotion | Synonyms: inflaming |
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| (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, kindling, lighting |
| (noun) a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat | Synonyms: redness, rubor |
| (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour |
| inflammatory | (adjective) arousing to action or rebellion | Synonyms: incendiary, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious |
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| (adjective) characterized or caused by inflammation | - |
| inflatable | (adjective) designed to be filled with air or gas | - |
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| inflate | (verb) fill with gas or air | Synonyms: blow up |
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| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: amplify, blow up, expand |
| (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: balloon, billow |
| (verb) increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value | - |
| (verb) cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit | - |
| inflated | (adjective) pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) | Synonyms: high-flown, high-sounding |
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| (adjective) enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness | Synonyms: hyperbolic |
| inflater | (noun) an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire) | Synonyms: inflator |
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| inflation | (noun) the act of filling something with air | - |
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| (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
| (noun) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang | - |
| (noun) a general and progressive increase in prices | Synonyms: rising prices |
| inflationary | (adjective) associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation | - |
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| inflator | (noun) an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire) | Synonyms: inflater |
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| insufflate | (verb) blow or breathe hard on or into | - |
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| (verb) treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity | - |
| (verb) breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit | - |
| insufflation | (noun) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something | - |
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| (noun) (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) | - |
| lactoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| newsflash | (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: flash, news bulletin, newsbreak |
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| nonflammable | (adjective) impossible to ignite | - |
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| nonflavored | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavoured, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| nonflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| noninflammatory | (adjective) not inflammatory | - |
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| oriflamme | (noun) a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings | - |
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| (noun) an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle | - |
| outflank | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, scoop, trump |
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| (verb) go around the flank of (an opposing army) | Synonyms: go around |
| ovoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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