The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

fleece v. cheat, overcharge, swindle, bilk, defraud, victimize,
plunder, strip, milk, rob, Colloq take, flimflam, gyp, diddle,
bleed, take for a ride or to the cleaners, Slang rip off,
chisel, pluck, rook, clip, soak: The gang stole credit cards
and fleeced the companies out of millions.
fleet° n. armada, flotilla, navy, naval (task) force, task force,
squadron, convoy, division: A fleet of submarines was sent to
harass shipping in the Atlantic.
fleetý adj. swift, rapid, fast, speedy, quick, nimble, expeditious,
agile: Nowadays, the fleetest transportation in a large city is
by bicycle.
fleeting adj. transitory, fugitive, transient, temporary, passing,
ephemeral, fugacious, evanescent, momentary, short-lived,
fly-by-night, short, brief: I caught only a fleeting glimpse of
the car as it sped by.
flesh n. 1 meat; tissue, muscle: We ate the flesh and threw away the
fat, bones, and skin. 2 body, corporeality, flesh and blood,
human nature, physicality; mortality: The spirit is willing but
the flesh is weak. 3 flesh and blood. real, physical,
corporeal, human, natural: He pointed out that he was flesh and
blood, not a robot. 4 in the flesh. personally, in person,
really, physically, bodily, alive, living, in life: She stood
before me, in the flesh. 5 one's (own) flesh and blood. kin,
kinsfolk or US and Canadian kinfolk, family, stock, blood, kith
and kin, relatives, relations: How could she treat her own
flesh and blood that way?
--v. 6 flesh out. substantiate, fill (in or out), give or lend
substance or dimension to, incorporate, embody, colour: The
idea is good, but it needs fleshing out.
flex n. 1 wire, lead, cord, cable, extension: Replace this flex
before you have a short circuit.
flexibility
--v. 2 bend, give, stretch, curve: The plastic tube can be
flexed many times without breaking. 3 exercise, tense, tighten,
contract: He flexed his muscles before lifting the weight.