a water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire
a platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers
a public gathering of complete strangers, organized via the Internet or mobile phone, who perform a pointless act and then disperse again
a burn caused by sudden intense heat, e.g. from a nuclear explosion
a card containing a small amount of information, held up for pupils to see, as an aid to learning
a small electronic device containing flash memory that is used for storing data or transferring it to or from a computer, digital camera, etc.
a gas-discharge tube used, especially in photography, to provide an electronic flash when a current is suddenly passed through it
a circular electronic flash tube that fits round a camera lens to give shadowless lighting of a subject near the lens, especially for macrophotography
fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety
freeze (food or other material) very rapidly so as to prevent the formation of ice crystals
a kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply
a welding process in which the ends of two metal parts are fused by heat generated from their resistance to an electric current and applied pressure
a flash from a gas-discharge tube, used in high-speed photography
the use of a very intense flash of light to bring about decomposition or dissociation in a heated gas, usually as a means of generating and studying short-lived molecules
a thing or person whose sudden but brief success is not repeated or repeatable
(especially of a person’s response or reaction) very quickly
a small external flash drive that can be used with any computer that has a USB port
(of light) very bright and likely to dazzle or cause temporary blindness
a sudden feeling of feverish heat, typically as a symptom of the menopause
a high-voltage electric short circuit made through the air between exposed conductors