| flambe | (verb) pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) | - |
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| flambeau | (noun) a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) | - |
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| flamboyance | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: floridity, floridness, showiness |
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| flamboyant | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, florid |
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| (adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: showy, splashy |
| (noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: Delonix regia, flame tree, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana |
| flamboyantly | (adverb) in a fancy colorful manner | Synonyms: flashily, showily |
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| flame | (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flaming |
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| (verb) criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium | - |
| (verb) be in flames or aflame | - |
| (verb) shine with a sudden light | Synonyms: flare |
| flamefish | (noun) a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Apogon maculatus, flame fish |
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| flameflower | (noun) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, Talinum aurantiacum |
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| (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, kniphofia, tritoma |
| flamen | (noun) a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome | - |
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| flamenco | (noun) a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet | Synonyms: gypsy dancing |
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| (noun) guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco | - |
| flameproof | (adjective) resistant to catching fire | Synonyms: flame-retardant |
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| flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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| flaming | (adjective) passionate or quick-tempered | Synonyms: fiery |
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| (adjective) informal intensifiers | Synonyms: bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, fucking |
| (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flame |
| flamingo | (noun) large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes | - |
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| flammability | (noun) the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly | Synonyms: inflammability |
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| flammable | (adjective) easily ignited | Synonyms: inflammable |
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