Flame-colored to Flash

Flame-colored
(Flame"-col`ored) a. Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

Flameless
(Flame"less), a. Destitute of flame. Sandys.

Flamelet
(Flame"let) n. [Flame + - let.] A small flame.

The flamelets gleamed and flickered.
Longfellow.

Flamen
(Fla"men) n.; pl. E. Flammens L. Flamines [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
Milton.

Flamineous
(Fla*min"e*ous) a. Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

Flaming
(Flam"ing) a.

1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.

3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Flamingly
(Flam"ing*ly), adv. In a flaming manner.

Flamingo
(Fla*min"go) n.; pl. Flamingoes [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.] (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Phœnicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

Flaminical
(Fla*min"i*cal) a. Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.

Flammability
(Flam`ma*bil"ity) n. The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Flammable
(Flam"ma*ble) a. Inflammable. [Obs.]

Flammation
(Flam*ma"tion) n. The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Flammeous
(Flam"me*ous) a. [L. flammeus from flamma flame.] Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Flammiferous
(Flam*mif"er*ous) a. [L. flammifer; flamma flame + ferre to bear.] Producing flame.

Flammivomous
(Flam*miv"o*mous) a. [L. flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit.] Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson.

Flammulated
(Flam"mu*la`ted) a. [L. flammula little flame, dim. fr. flamma flame.] Of a reddish color.

Flamy
(Flam"y) a. [From Flame.] Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.

Flanch
(Flanch) n.; pl. Flanches [Prov. E., a projection, OF. flanche flank. See Flank.]

1. A flange. [R.]. (Her.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.


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