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14-letter words containing f, e, r, l, y

  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
  • furfuraldehyde — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
  • lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
  • lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
  • merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
  • new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • rafferty rules — no rules at all
  • rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
  • referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
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