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12-letter words containing f, a, t, y

  • hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
  • identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
  • ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
  • infix syntax — infix notation
  • inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
  • inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
  • interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
  • joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • let fly (at) — to shoot or throw (at)
  • life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
  • life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
  • mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
  • meet halfway — to compromise with
  • memory farts — (jargon, humour)   The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
  • modificatory — modifying.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • perfect year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
  • play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
  • quantifiably — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
  • refractivity — the power to refract.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
  • safety catch — a device used in mechanisms, as for elevators, to prevent falling in the event of mechanical failure.
  • safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
  • safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
  • safety touch — a two-point play
  • safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • self-mastery — self-control.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
  • streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
  • terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
  • to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
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