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flameless

flameless adjective: that does not emit flames.

Adjective

flameless (not comparable)

  1. That does not emit flames.
    • A steady glare from the now flameless embers painted the sides and back of the fireplace with its colour […]1892, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34
    • Mr Shrivell pulled one of [the exercise-books] out of the fire and, holding it by a flameless corner, waved it for a moment before the clock.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 11, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode

flameless meaning in Sanskrit

flameless in Sanskrit

flameless
विशिख viśikha

Origin of flameless

From flame + -less.

Words formed from flameless

Questions about flameless

What does flameless mean?
Flameless means that does not emit flames.
What is flameless in Sanskrit?
Flameless in Sanskrit is विशिख (viśikha). See Flameless meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is flameless?
Flameless is an adjective.

Words near flameless in the dictionary

  1. flamegraph
  2. flamegraphs
  3. flamekeeper
  4. flamekeepers
  5. Flamel
  6. flameless
  7. flamelessly
  8. flamelessness
  9. flamelet
  10. flamelets
  11. flamelight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flameless (page history and authors); विशिख (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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