13-letter words containing f, e, y
- cyclone fence — a heavy-duty, chain-link fence, usually high and often topped with barbed wire
- cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
- day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defectibility — the ability to become defectible
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- defenselessly — In a defenseless manner.
- defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- dehydrofreeze — to subject (food) to partial dehydration and quick-freezing.
- dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
- dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- enjoy oneself — to have a good time
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fare-you-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
- fatigue party — a group of soldiers undertaking fatigues
- feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- fever therapy — therapy by means of an artificially induced fever.
- field battery — a small unit of usually four field guns
- fifty-seventh — next after the fifty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 57.
- filing system — file system