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Elans
- noun - a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
- distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
- enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication"
- panache
Elaps
- - A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.
Flabs
- noun - loose or flaccid body fat
Flags
- noun - a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- become less intense
- communicate or signal with a flag
- decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- Tire
Flaks
- noun - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
Flans
- noun - A disc of metal such as one from which a coin is struck.
- open pastry filled with fruit or custard
Flaps
- noun - a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
- move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
- move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
- move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- the motion made by flapping up and down
Flats
- noun - a deflated pneumatic tire
- a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Flaws
- noun - add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
- an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
- an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
- defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"
Flays
- verb - heavy criticism
- strip the skin off