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13-letter words containing f, e, r, y

  • halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
  • harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
  • have eyes for — to be interested in
  • helen of troy — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hyperflexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • if i were you — You say 'if I were you' to someone when you are giving them advice.
  • indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • inferentially — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
  • informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • interferingly — So as to interfere.
  • interstratify — to lie in interposed or alternate strata.
  • jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
  • laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
  • life of riley — a carefree, comfortable, and thoroughly enjoyable way of living: Since winning the lottery, he's led the life of Riley.
  • low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
  • madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
  • miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
  • monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
  • morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
  • myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
  • myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
  • myrtle family — the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.
  • new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
  • ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
  • nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
  • odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
  • offertory box — the box or container where worshippers' put their offerings (usually money)
  • over-identify — 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.
  • overflowingly — to an excessive degree
  • overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
  • owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
  • oxford theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1550–1604.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
  • perfect rhyme — rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • petty officer — navy: non-commissioned officer
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • port of entry — port1 (def 3).
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prefix syntax — prefix notation
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • referentially — having reference: referential to something.
  • reflectometry — the study or science of reflectometer usage and design
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