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17-letter words containing a, f, l, y, o

  • a fly on the wall — If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall in a situation that does not involve you, you mean that you would like to see or hear what happens in that situation.
  • acetylformic acid — pyruvic acid.
  • anti-inflammatory — reducing inflammation
  • anti-inflationary — of or relating to measures to counteract or combat inflation
  • bellflower family — the plant family Campanulaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers with a bell-shaped, five-lobed, often blue or purple corolla, and including the harebell, Canterbury bells, and balloon flower.
  • blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
  • calf's-foot jelly — a jelly made from the stock of boiled calves' feet and flavourings, formerly often served to invalids
  • canarybird flower — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum peregrinum, of Peru, having round, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • city of gibraltar — a city on the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the tip of S Spain: settled by Moors in 711 and taken by Spain in 1462; ceded to Britain in 1713; a British crown colony (1830–1969), still politically associated with Britain; a naval and air base of strategic importance. Pop: 29 111 (2013 est). Area: 6.5 sq km (2.5 sq miles)
  • configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
  • confrontationally — In a confrontational way.
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • dimethylformamide — a colourless liquid widely used as a solvent and sometimes as a catalyst. Formula: (CH3)2NCHO
  • electron affinity — a measure of the ability of an atom or molecule to form a negative ion, expressed as the energy released when an electron is attached
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • fellow countryman — sb of same nationality
  • flash photography — photography using a momentary flash of artificial light as a source of illumination.
  • floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
  • floating dry dock — a dock that floats and can be lowered in the water for the entrance of a ship, and then raised for use as a dry dock
  • footmen's gallery — the rearmost section of seats in the balcony of an English theater, especially in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • four-rowed barley — a class of barley having, in each spike, six rows of grain, with two pairs of rows overlapping.
  • fraternal society — a club or other association, usually of men, having a limited membership and devoted to professional, religious, charitable, or social activities.
  • front-line player — a regular player on a sports team or one who plays in the farthest forward position
  • gulf war syndrome — a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • house of assembly — the legislature or the lower house of the legislature in certain countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • hydrofluoric acid — a colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid, HF, an aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride, used chiefly for etching glass.
  • hydrofluorocarbon — Any of a class of partly chlorinated and fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as an alternative to chlorofluorocarbons in foam production, refrigeration, and other processes.
  • hyperinflationary — (economics) Having very high levels of inflation.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
  • lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • law of trichotomy — the property that for natural numbers a and b , either a is less than b , a equals b , or a is greater than b .
  • life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • off-site facility — An off-site facility is a facility which is not at the main industrial or commercial site.
  • off-year election — (in the US) an election held in a year when a presidential election does not take place
  • office by example — (language)   (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • photofluorography — photography of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination, used in x-ray examination of the lungs of large groups of people.
  • play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.

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