10-letter words containing f, a, t, y
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floatingly — In a floating manner.
- fly a kite — If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- fractality — the quality of being fractal or subdivided
- fragrantly — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- fraidy-cat — a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children.
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- fraternity — a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- friability — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
- fritillary — any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- gayfeather — Many of the plant of the genus Liatris, native to North America, including Mexico, east of the continental divide.
- ghastfully — in a ghastful manner
- gratefully — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratifying — tending to gratify; giving or causing satisfaction; pleasing.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half-empty — (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- infinitary — (mathematics, logic) Of or pertaining to expressions of infinite length.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- la fayette — Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-ree maduh-len pyawsh duh la ver-nyuh] /maˈri madəˈlɛn pyɔʃ də la ˈvɛr nyə/ (Show IPA), Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonfatally — In a nonfatal manner; in a manner which will not result in death.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- officialty — the office, jurisdiction, or charge of an official
- outqualify — (sports) To qualify in a higher position than another.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- ray floret — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- refit yard — a yard where ships are made ready for use again by repairing, re-equipping, or resupplying
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- relay fast — (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns
- safety car — life car.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- safety net — a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- satisfying — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.