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839 words match “YELLOW”

FLAVESCENT a.
Turning yellow; yellowish.
FLAVICOMOUS a.
Having yellow hair. [R.]
FLAVIN n.
A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.
FLAVINE n.
A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.
FLAVOL n.
A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.
FLAVOUS a.
Yellow. [Obs.]
FLEMISH a.
d color on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. -- Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. -- Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. -- Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strand…
FLICKER n.
lden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.
FLOWER-FENCE n.
leguminous bush (Poinciana, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.
FLUAVIL n.
A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; -- called also fluanil.
FLUORESCEIN n.
A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin.…
FLUORITE n.
Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor.…
FLY AMANITA; FLY FUNGUS n.
nous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita.
FOGBOW n.
A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.
FORSYTHIA a.
A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
FOUR-O'CLOCK n.
he warmer parts of America. The common four- o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
FOXY a.
Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.
FRANGULIC; FRANGULINIC a.
frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. Frangulinic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.
FRANGULIN n.
A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin.
FRECKLE n.
A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
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