12-letter words containing e, y, i
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gay marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- gene library — a collection of gene clones that represents the genetic material of an organism: used in genetic engineering
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- genotoxicity — (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- geologically — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
- geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
- geyser basin — an area containing a group of geysers.
- giddy-headed — giddy (def 1).
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.