Words beginning with fl

The sound fl suggests something that flags ones attention: a flock of pink flamingos flapping their wings while flying over a flat, fluid surface like a lake, for instance...

flag

flamingo

U.S. flag
or a fly...

or a flame that flickers or a flare that flashes...

road flare flame

or a flower that flowers.
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Words beginning with fl

flour

snowflake

snow flurries

Words that start with fl are often white or bright: flour, snowflakes or flurries, flesh (of white people), and the fleeces on a flock of sheep.

flock of sheep

flesh

flea
Fleas feast on flesh and fleece.

fleece

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Words beginning with fl

A. flap B. flip C. flop

belly flop floor opposite of roof

Water and air are treated almost the same in many fl words: one can float, fly, and flap in both.

flood

flush

U.S.

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The dog is floating. So is the balloon.

Florida flipflops

What other words start with fl?

_ _ avor

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va

_ _ ask

_ _ an

_ _ exible

_ _ at tire

__u

_ _ ounder

_ _ abbergasted
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