floc noun

A woolly mass of particles

floccillāˈtion /flok-si-/ noun (medicine)

Fitful plucking at the bedclothes by a delirious patient

flocˈcinauˈciniˈhilipilˈificāˈtion noun (facetious)

Setting at little or no value (from the Latin genitives floccī and naucī at a trifle, nihilī at nothing, pilī at a hair, and facere to make)

floccˈose (or /-ōsˈ/) adjective

Woolly

floccˈūlar adjective

floccˈūlate adjective transitive verb and intransitive verb

To collect or mass together in tufts, flakes or cloudy masses

floccūlāˈtion noun

floccˈule noun

A flocculus

floccˈūlence noun

Flocculated condition

floccˈūlent adjective

1. Woolly
2. Flaky
3. Flocculated

floccˈūlus noun (pl flocculi /flokˈū-lī/)

1. A small flock, tuft or flake
2. A small outgrowth of the cerebellum (medicine)
3. A light or dark patch on the sun's surface, usu near sunspots, caused by calcium or hydrogen vapour