11-letter words containing f, a, y, l, i
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frantically — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- host family — family one lodges with
- impactfully — In an impactful fashion.
- indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- infantility — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- inflammably — In an inflammable manner.
- inflatingly — in an inflating manner; in a way such as to inflate
- informality — the state of being informal; absence of formality.
- infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
- interfamily — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- intrafamily — Occurring within a family.
- iris family — the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword-shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris.
- irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- kaffir lily — clivia.
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- lily family — the large plant family Liliaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants growing from bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers, having narrow, parallel-veined, usually basal leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the aloe, asparagus, aspidistra, hyacinth, numerous species of lily, lily of the valley, trillium, and tulip.
- malefically — in a malefic manner
- mint family — the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.
- mirifically — in a mirific manner
- misclassify — To classify incorrectly.
- multifamily — designed or suitable for the use of several or many families: multifamily apartment buildings.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nonfatality — An incident that is not a fatality.
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- pacifically — peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- palm family — the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the palmettos, ornamental palms, and palms that are the source of carnauba wax, coconuts, dates, raffia, rattan, sago, and various oils.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal