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Definition of: flowers of benzoin
See BENZOIN1.
flow·me·ter (flō′mē′tər) noun
An apparatus designed to measure the rate of flow of a liquid or a gas through any part of a transmitting system.
flown1 (flōn)
Past participle of FLY1.
flown2 (flōn) adjective
1. Coated, as a glaze, with color freely blended or flowed.
2. Eased off; slack, as a sheet. [<obs. pp. of FLOW]
flow relay Electr.
A relay circuit adjusted to operate under specified conditions of flow in a gas or liquid.
flow-sheet (flō′shēt′) noun
A diagram, chart, or expository outline showing the successive operations through which material progresses in a manufacturing process.
Floyd (floid)
A masculine personal name. [<Welsh, gray]
flu (fl) noun Colloq.
Influenza: a contraction.
flub (flub) U.S. Colloq. v.t. & v.i. flubbed, flub·bing
To do or manage (something) badly; botch or bungle: to flub one's chance.
—noun A blunder; failure. [Origin unknown]
flub·dub (flub′dub) noun
1. Drivel; twaddle; flap-doodle.
2. Printing An insignificant stock ornament. [Imit.]
—flub·dub′ber·y noun
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