Index of English words, starting with "fl"

(1) - Flinger (n.) One who flings; one who jeers.

(1) - Flint (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
(2) - Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
(3) - Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

(1) - Flintlock (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
(2) - Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.

(1) - Flinty (superl.) Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.