Word "FLOSS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
Synonyms:
dental floss

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
use dental floss to clean
Examples:
floss your teeth after every meal

Crossword Clues for FLOSS

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Clue Source Date
Spun-sugar, candy -
Teeth-cleaning thread The Times Concise 03 Jul 2025
Fairy ___, carnival treat (5)
Dental thread Puzzler Backwords 01 Jun 2025
Clean one's teeth, having fluorine deprivation The Times Quick Cryptic 28 May 2025
Candy ___, fairground confection (5) Puzzler 17 May 2025
Oral hygiene item
Dental device Newsday 15 May 2025
Obey a dentist's admonition
See 6 Across Mirror Quiz 25 Mar 2025
Waxed material for attaching pop-ups - and cleaning teeth! (5)
Dentist's regular request after brushing
Waxed thread for cleaning teeth (5)
Candy ___, fairground treat
Sells off cheap (5)
Is it like candy between your teeth? (5)
Fairy __: cotton candy, in Australia LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2024
Rough silk that might be eaten with candy? (5)
Line at the dentist?
Dental hygiene string (5)
Dental cleaner The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Aug 2024
Clean between choppers The Telegraph Quick 11 Aug 2024
Dental silk sometimes used after candy The Times Quick Cryptic 22 Jul 2024
Amusement park treat, fairy - (Picture A)
Rough silk fails with no soft section (5)
Rough silk (5)
Literary mill hereon used to clean teeth (5)
Follow-up on brushing
Dental hygiene product Commuter 17 Jun 2024
Novel spot beside mill recommended by dentists
Dentist's string New York Times 13 May 2024
Dentists's recommendation
One girl's name for a resounding defeat? (5)
The Mill on the ___, George Eliot novel (5)
Dental twine (5)
Dental thread Puzzler Backwords 17 Mar 2024
Fictional river in the title of an 1860 novel by George Eliot (5)
Loud defeat for a tooth cleaner
Word after dental or Mental LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2024
Clean between teeth when food starts diminution (5)
String used in dental hygiene
Force meeting with defeat - it's a very thin line?
Clean between the teeth
Tooth-cleaning material
Dental thread USA Today 02 Dec 2023
Food-takeout line?
Dental stu__, or when parsed di__erently, what this clue su__ers _rom? New York Times Mini 26 Nov 2023
Dental cord?
Brush and ___ (dentists' advice)
String used to clean teeth
With fluorine, no longer having to clean teeth The Times Cryptic 26 May 2023
Dental visit freebie LA Times Daily 04 May 2023
Dentist's directive Thomas Joseph 21 Apr 2023
Dentist's directive Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2023
Dental ___ USA Today 16 Nov 2022
Follow dental advice Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2022
Dental string Universal 19 Dec 2021
Toothpick alternative USA Today 17 Jul 2021
Do canine care? The Washington Post 25 May 2021
Do canine care? LA Times Daily 25 May 2021
Strand at the dentist's office? Universal 25 Apr 2021
Hygienic thread Newsday 25 Feb 2021
Waste silk, following damage
String that cleans teeth Newsday 19 Oct 2020
Dental thread Newsday 06 Sep 2020
Clean streams lacking white sulphur
Remove plaque, in a way The Washington Post Sunday 15 Mar 2020
Dentist's directive Thomas Joseph 14 Mar 2020
Remove food from back of wheel in fine old ship
Dental string Newsday 28 Nov 2019
Kind of down following defeat
Dental cord?
2010's dance craze with a dental name Universal 22 Aug 2019
Wastage under fine thread
Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle Wall Street Journal 02 Jul 2019
Hygienist's directive Wall Street Journal 29 May 2019
Thread taken internally Newsday 23 May 2019
Dentist's advice The Washington Post 02 May 2019
Dentist's advice LA Times Daily 02 May 2019
Brush and ___ (dentists recommend both)
Dentist's order Wall Street Journal 05 Jan 2019
2010's dance craze with a dental name
Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle
Dentist's advice
Dentist's order
Hygienist's directive
Classic location for the mill recommended by dentists
Line through one's teeth? New York Times 25 Nov 2018
Dental string Premier Sunday 25 Nov 2018
It's available in spools and picks Wall Street Journal 09 Oct 2018
Popular dance move invented by Insta-famous dancer known as "the Backpack Kid"
American invention that is essentially a string and always a dentist's suggestion
Hygienist's suggestion Wall Street Journal 01 Sep 2018
Teeth-cleaning thread The Times Concise 25 Jun 2018
Bit of dental advice Universal 09 May 2018
Fine no longer having clean teeth
Casualty after fine thread
Bit of dental advice
Hygienist's suggestion
Line through one's teeth?
It's available in spools and picks
Dentist's directive LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2017
Dentist's directive The Washington Post 24 Dec 2017
Dental hygienist's advice USA Today 27 Oct 2017
Dental visit freebie The Washington Post 27 Oct 2017
Dental visit freebie LA Times Daily 27 Oct 2017
Heed the hygienist Wall Street Journal 08 Jul 2017
Dentist's instruction Universal 14 Jun 2017
Female fatality in Eliot's river The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Mar 2017
Good dental advice Universal 27 Mar 2017
Often-unheeded advice from dentists New York Times 27 Mar 2017
Dental visit freebie
Dental hygienist's advice
Often-unheeded advice from dentists
Dentist's directive
Dentist's instruction
Oral-B Glide, e.g LA Times Daily 14 Dec 2016
Dentist's reminder Universal 19 Nov 2016
Eliot's river dropping below fathom
Dentist's directive Wall Street Journal 15 Oct 2016
Dentist's advice Eugene Sheffer 09 Sep 2016
Brush partner Newsday 08 Jul 2016
Dentist's directive Newsday 03 Jul 2016
Waxed thread Newsday 12 Feb 2016
Dental __ (tooth-cleaning thread) Newsday 25 Jan 2016
Oral-B Glide, e.g.
Clean between teeth The Times Concise 29 Oct 2015
Please one's dentist USA Today 03 Jun 2015
Oral hygiene tool Universal 11 May 2015
Please one's dentist
Dentist's directive
Oral hygiene tool
Dentist's advice
Oral-B product
Dental __ (tooth-cleaning thread)
Dentist's instruction
Dental string
It may get food away from a canine
Dental thread
Long line at the dentist?
Another dentist's order
Untwisted silk fibers
Dentist's advice
Dentist's directive
Dental thread
Dentist's suggestion
Clean with string
Dental care item
Dentist's advice
Dentist's admonition
Clean up after a meal?
Dental stuff
Not just brush
Dentist's directive
Dentist's suggestion
Strand for cleaning
Brush partner
Dentist's suggestion
Brush partner
Take a dentist's advice
It may get food away from a canine
Dental hygienist's advice
Dental thread
Dentist's recommendation
Dental hygienist's advice
Dental thread
Dentist's advice
Dentist's reminder
Obey the dentist
Oral-B product
Dentist's reminder
Oral-B product
Dentist's direction
Obey the dentist
Dental advice
Dental thread
Line at the dentist's office?
Hygienist's advice
Dental device
Embroidery filaments
Low-tech dental device
Dentist's instruction, perhaps
Dentist's admonition
One way to dislodge some particles
Dental string
Dislodge particles
Hygienist's advice
Medicine cabinet item
Dental aid
Dentist's admonition
Dentist's advice … or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down
It's sometimes between your teeth
Dentist's advice
Periodontist's recommendation
Dentist's advice
Toiletry item
Dentist's suggestion
Embroidery filaments
Heed the dentist's order
Obey the dental hygienist
Follow-up on a good brushing
Embroidery filaments
Dentist's urging
Clean up after a meal
Dentist's urging
Dislodge some particles
Dentist's recommendation
Dentist's orders
Embroidery thread
Please your dentist
Embroidery thread
Dentist's advise
Dental cleaner
Dental hygienists order
Dentist's instruction
"The Mill on the _____" (George Eliot)
Eliot's "The Mill on the ___"
Dentist's exhortation
Clean the hard-to-get-at areas, say
Dentist's admonition
It may be waxed
Dental stuff
Dentist's suggestion
Clean with string
See 22-Across
Dentist's recommendation
Dentist's directive
Dental care item
It's often waxed
Medicine cabinet item
Dental ___
Do a dental job
Waste fibers of silk
Dental cord
End of a G. Eliot title
Dental hygienist's thread
Vegetable silk
Showy thing
Site of George Eliot's mill
Locale of a mill
Silk of Indian corn.
Soft embroidery silk.
Embroidery silk.
River in George Eliot novel.
Silk of maize.
Kind of thread.
Sewing silk.
"The Mill on the ___.”
Silk thread.
Maggie Tulliver's river.
Covering of a silkworm's cocoon.
Where Tom and Maggie Tulliver drown.
Silky stuff.
Strand in the bathroom
Silky substance, as in corn tassels.
Tom Tulliver's river.
Soft silken plant fibers.
Fibers of silk.
Silk fibers.
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