Associations to the word «Fleming»

Wiktionary

FLEMING, noun. A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
FLEMING, proper noun. An English surname​.
FLEMING, proper noun. Ian Fleming, English writer.
FLEMING, proper noun. Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist.
FLEMING, proper noun. A town in Colorado.
FLEMING, proper noun. A city in Missouri.
FLEMING, proper noun. A town and hamlet in New York.
FLEMING, proper noun. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
FLEMING, verb. Present participle of fleme
FLEMING VALVE, noun. An early kind of vacuum tube.
FLEMING VALVES, noun. Plural of Fleming valve

Dictionary definition

FLEMING, noun. British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964).
FLEMING, noun. Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955).
FLEMING, noun. A native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian.

Wise words

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