15-letter words containing a, t, l, y
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
- field artillery — artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
- fight city hall — to take up the apparently futile fight against petty or impersonal bureaucratic authority
- fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
- flight of fancy — An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy.
- floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
- floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
- fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- football player — sportsperson: plays football
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- fumitory family — the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
- genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- gestalt therapy — holistic psychotherapy
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- grand old party — G.O.P.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- gravitationally — As a result of the force of gravity.
- gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
- great-heartedly — in a great-hearted manner
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hale and hearty — in good health
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
- heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
- heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterocercality — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc