Words that start with F

Flesh is the soft parts of a person or animal, particularly the muscle and fat. Flesh can also refer to the soft, edible parts of fruit. Flesh is not usually used to refer to fish.

A fleur de lis is a stylised lily flower. It is used on coats of arms, in jewellery, as a pattern on fabrics and tapestries and as a decorative element on many household objects. It is strongly associated with the medieval time period in England.

Something is flexible if it can be easily bent into new shapes. Garden hoses are made of flexible plastic. The man in the picture is very flexible, and is a contortionist.

You flip something when you quickly turn it over, either half-way over so it is upside down or flipped over all the way so it comes back to where it was to start with. The boy in the picture is doing a backflip.

Flipped is the past tense of flip.