Find your perfect word!
Definition fleam
Etymology 1
From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Germanic source (compare Old Saxon fl?ma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English fl?tme, fl?tme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”).
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
- A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
Etymology 2
From Middle English fleem, flem (“the rushing of water; current”), probably from Old English fl?am (“fleeing; flight; rush”), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“stream; current; flood”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; flow; run”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk flaum (“flood”).
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
- (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
- (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
Results 352 Words with the letters FLEAM
13 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
12 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
11 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
10 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
9 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
8 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
7 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
6 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
5 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
4 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
3 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
2 letter words with the letters FLEAM ↑
You can also try words with the phrase FLEAM, words starting with the letters FLEAM, or words ending in the letters FLEAM.
Favorites Searches
Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,
Some random searches: Words with the letters XDY, Words with the letters WEVFG, Words with the letters JNQA, Words with the letters SKI,