Anteflexion :: Anteflexion (n.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself..

Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2..

Circumflex :: Circumflex (v. t.) To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..

Circumflexed :: Circumflexed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumfle.

Circumflexing :: Circumflexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumfle.

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Deflexion :: Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Flex :: Flex (v. t.) To bend; as, to flex the arm..

Flex :: Flex (n.) Flax.

Flexanimous :: Flexanimous (a.) Having power to change the mind.

Flexed :: Flexed (imp. & p. p.) of Fle.

Flexibility :: Flexibility (n.) The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light..

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language..

Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

Flexing :: Flexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fle.

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection..

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

Flexor :: Flexor (n.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor..

Flexuose :: Flexuose (a.) Flexuous.

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