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- English Word Flexion Definition The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
- English Word Flexion Definition A bending; a part bent; a fold.
- English Word Flexion Definition Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
- English Word Flexion Definition The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
- English Word Flexor Definition A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
- English Word Flexuose Definition Flexuous.
- English Word Flexuous Definition Having turns, windings, or flexures.
- English Word Flexuous Definition Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.
- English Word Flexuous Definition Wavering; not steady; flickering.
- English Word Flexural Definition Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.
- English Word Flexure Definition The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
- English Word Flexure Definition A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- English Word Flexure Definition The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- English Word Flexure Definition The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
- English Word Flibbergib Definition A sycophant.
- English Word Flibbertigibbet Definition An imp.
- English Word Flibustier Definition A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster.
- English Word Flick Definition To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
- English Word Flick Definition A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
- English Word Flicked Definition of Flick