15-letter words containing f, a, y, i

family business — company owned and run by a family
family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
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.
federal holiday — a day which is a national holiday at the behest of the Federal Government
ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
feynman diagram — a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.
fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
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
finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
fixed liability — a liability, as a mortgage or debenture, that will not mature for a relatively long time.
flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
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.
flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
for a certainty — without doubt
for a rainy day — If you say that you are saving something, especially money, for a rainy day, you mean that you are saving it until a time in the future when you might need it.
for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
fountain valley — a city in SW California.
fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
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.
fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
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
genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
hydraulic fluid — a fluid, usually of low viscosity, as oil, used in a hydraulic system.
hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
identifiability — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
in a family way — pregnant; with child
indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.

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