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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: floc - floodwater</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="floc"> floc, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a light, loose mass that looks like a tuft of wool, such as in a chemical precipitate. Also, flock. </DL> <A NAME="flocci"> flocci, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of floccus. </DL> <A NAME="floccillation"> floccillation, noun. =carphology.</DL> <A NAME="floccose"> floccose, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Botany.) composed of or bearing tufts of woolly hairs. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) woolly. </DL> <A NAME="flocculant"> flocculant, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun an agent which causes or promotes flocculation. Ex. Flocculants ... cause particles in the water to precipitate to the bottom (Matt Clark). <DD>adj. causing or promoting flocculation. Ex. flocculant polymers. </DL> <A NAME="flocculate"> flocculate, verb, -lated, -lating, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t., v.i. to form into flocculent masses; form compound masses of particles, such as a cloud or a chemical precipitate. Ex. Humus, mixed with the mineral parts of the soil, causes the finer particles to flocculate (Fred W. Emerson). <DD>noun a flocculated formation or mass. </DL> <A NAME="flocculation"> flocculation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of flocculating; formation into flocculent masses. </DL> <A NAME="floccule"> floccule, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that looks like a small flock or tuft of wool, as in a liquid. </DL> <A NAME="flocculence"> flocculence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being woolly or flocculent. </DL> <A NAME="flocculent"> flocculent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like bits of wool. <DD> 2. made up of soft, woolly masses. <DD> 3. covered with a soft, woolly substance. <DD> 4. having a soft, waxy coating, as certain insects do. adv. flocculently. </DL> <A NAME="flocculous"> flocculous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling flocculi. </DL> <A NAME="flocculus"> flocculus, noun, pl. -li.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small flock of wool or something that looks like it; floccule. <DD> 2. one of the cloudy masses of very hot gases which cover the surface of the sun, as photographed by the spectroheliograph. <DD> 3. (Anatomy.) a small lobe on the underside of the cerebellum. </DL> <A NAME="floccus"> floccus, noun, pl. flocci.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that looks like a flock of wool. </DL> <A NAME="flock"> flock (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a group of animals of one kind keeping, feeding, or herded together, especially sheep; goats, or birds. Ex. a flock of geese. A flock can mean lions in Africa, sheep in Australia, goats in Ireland, and geese in the United States (Science News Letter). (SYN) herd, drove. <DD> 2. a large group; crowd. Ex. Visitors came in flocks to the zoo to see the new gorrilla. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) people of the same church group; band; company. Ex. The pastor reproved his flock for fishing on Sunday. <DD>v.i. 1. to go or gather in a flock; keep in groups. Ex. Sheep usually flock together. (SYN) congregate. <DD> 2. to come crowding; crowd. Ex. The children flocked around the ice-cream stand. (SYN) congregate. adj. flockless. </DL> <A NAME="flock"> flock (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a tuft of wool or cotton. <DD> 2. waste wool or cotton used to stuff mattresses and cushions. <DD> 3. finely powdered wool or other fiber used to form a velvety pattern or surface on wallpaper or fabric. <DD> 4. =floc. <DD>v.t. 1. to stuff with flock. <DD> 2. to cover or coat with flock. </DL> <A NAME="flocking"> flocking, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a pattern or design made with flock. <DD> 2. the bunching together of wet wool fibers to form a shrunken mass. </DL> <A NAME="flockmaster"> flockmaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an owner or overseer of a flock; sheep farmer. </DL> <A NAME="flockpaper"> flockpaper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> wallpaper coated or decorated with flock or powdered wool. </DL> <A NAME="flockpigeon"> flock pigeon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of pigeon found in Australia in very large flocks. </DL> <A NAME="flockprinting"> flock printing,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of decoration on wallpaper, greeting cards, or the like, in which the design is outlined with glue and then finely chopped bits of silk and wool are sprinkled on. </DL> <A NAME="flocky"> flocky, adjective, flockier, flockiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like flocks or tufts. <DD> 2. covered with flocks or tufts. </DL> <A NAME="floe"> floe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a field or sheet of floating ice. <DD> 2. a floating piece broken off from such a field or sheet. </DL> <A NAME="floeberg"> floeberg, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large mass of ice formed from floes heaped up by the action of the wind and waves. </DL> <A NAME="floerat"> floe rat, =ringed seal.</DL> <A NAME="flog"> flog, verb, flogged, flogging.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to beat or whip hard. Ex. The inhuman flogging of disobedient soldiers and sailors was stopped years ago. Trees were seen to flog the ground with their branches (Sir John Herschel). (SYN) drub, flagellate. <DD> 2. to cast a fly line over (a stream) repeatedly in fishing. <DD> 3. to tire out; exhaust. Ex. After the hike I was flogged out. <DD> 4. (British Slang.) to sell; offer for sale (originally something not belonging to the seller). Ex. One of them tried to flog me second-hand cotton machinery (Punch). <DD>v.i. to beat or flap heavily, as of a sail. expr. flog a dead horse. See under dead horse. noun flogger. </DL> <A NAME="flogging"> flogging, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the practice of beating or whipping as punishment. <DD> 2. a beating or whipping; chastisement. </DL> <A NAME="flong"> flong, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prepared sheet of thick, composite paper, used for making a stereotype mold. </DL> <A NAME="flood"> flood, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a great flow of water over what is usually dry land; inundation. Ex. The heavy rains caused a serious flood near the river. <DD> 2. a large amount of water, ocean, sea, lake, or river. Ex. She will to her peaceful woods return, and to her murmuring floods (Wordsworth). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a great outpouring of anything. Ex. a flood of light, a flood of words. <DD> 4. a flowing of the tide toward the shore; rise of the tide. <DD>v.t. 1. to flow over; cover with a great flow of water. Ex. The river flooded our fields. (SYN) inundate. <DD> 2. to fill much fuller than usual. <DD> 3. to put much water on. Ex. A wave flooded the holes I had dug in the sand. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to fill, cover, or overcome like a flood. Ex. The room was flooded with moonlight. The rich man was flooded with requests for money. (SYN) overwhelm, deluge. <DD> 5. to cause or allow too much fuel to flow into (the carburetor of a motor), so that the motor fails to start. Ex. He flooded the carburetor when he tried to start the car. <DD>v.i. 1. to pour out or stream like a flood. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to flow like a flood; overflow. Ex. Sunlight flooded into the room. <DD> 3. to become covered or filled with water. Ex. During the thunderstorm, our cellar flooded. <DD> 4. to receive too much fuel into the carburetor. Ex. He tried to start the car, but he was nervous and the motor flooded (New Yorker). <DD> 5. (Medicine.) <DD> a. to suffer from uterine hemorrhage. <DD> b. to have an excessive menstrual flow. expr. the Flood, the waters that covered the earth in the time of Noah; the Deluge (in the Bible, Genesis 7). Ex. Your ancient but ignoble blood has crept through scoundrels ever since the Flood (Alexander Pope). adj. floodable. noun flooder. </DL> <A NAME="floodcontrol"> flood control,<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of attempting to prevent or lessen damage caused by floods especially by the use of dams, levees, dikes, and extra outlets, or by reforestation. </DL> <A NAME="floodcurrent"> flood current,<DL COMPACT><DD> the movement of water toward the coast or inland due to the movement of the tide. </DL> <A NAME="floodgate"> floodgate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a gate in a canal, river, stream, or dam, to control the flow of water. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a thing that controls the flow or passage of anything. Ex. More important, if the West yields to terrorism in one place, the floodgates are open (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="floodlamp"> flood lamp, =floodlight (def. 1).</DL> <A NAME="floodlevel"> flood level,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the highest mark reached by a flood. <DD> 2. the level above which high water in a river is regarded as in flood, usually the level at which water overflows its natural banks. </DL> <A NAME="floodlight"> floodlight, noun, verb, -lighted or -lit, -lighting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a lamp that gives a broad beam of light. Ex. Silhouetted by its own 98 floodlights,the Capitol is white and serene against the winter night sky (Newsweek). <DD> 2. a broad beam of light from such a lamp. Ex. We could see the whole yard in the floodlight. <DD>v.t. to light by a floodlight or floodlights. Ex. The baseball field was brightly floodlighted for the night game. </DL> <A NAME="floodplain"> flood plain,<DL COMPACT><DD> a plain bordering a river and made of soil deposited by floods. </DL> <A NAME="floodtide"> flood tide,<DL COMPACT><DD> the flowing of the tide toward the shore; rise of the tide. </DL> <A NAME="floodtime"> floodtime, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the period during which a river is in flood. </DL> <A NAME="floodwall"> floodwall, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wall erected for protection against flooding waters. </DL> <A NAME="floodwater"> floodwater, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> water flooding dry land. Ex. Floodwaters began receding in some areas of Kentucky (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A HREF="floodway.dic">NEXT</A>