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Flacks
- noun - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935)[1] was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy",[2] he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896,[3] and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metre
- intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
Flails
- noun - an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
Flairs
- noun - a natural talent; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
- a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
- Artistry
- distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Flakes
- noun - a crystal of snow
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
- cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
Flames
- noun - be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"
- criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
- Lover, as in "His latest flame" Elvis Presley song, early 60's
- shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
Flanks
- noun - a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- be located at the sides of something or somebody
- the side between ribs and hipbone
- the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
Flares
- noun - (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
- a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
- a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"
- a sudden burst of flame
- a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
- a sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage"
- a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare"
- am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
- become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellb
Flasks
- noun - bottle that has a narrow neck
- the quantity a flask will hold
Flatus
- noun - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Flaxes
- noun - fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
- plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem