also flintlock, 1680s as a type of gunlock in which fire is produced by a flint striking the hammer, from flint + lock (n.1) in the firearm sense.
flimsy
flinch
flinders
fling
flint
flint-lock
flintstone
flinty
flip
flip-flop
flippancy
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