14-letter words containing f, e, y, l
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
- flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- folk etymology — a modification of a linguistic form according either to a falsely assumed etymology, as Welsh rarebit from Welsh rabbit, or to a historically irrelevant analogy, as bridegroom from bridegome.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
- frequent flyer — a person who regularly makes air journeys
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- 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
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- 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.
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- in all my life — You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- 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.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- 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.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- 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.