12-letter words containing f, l, a, y
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- quantifiably — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- unpeacefully — in an unpeaceful manner
- unthankfully — in an unthankful manner; not thankfully; ungratefully
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- valley fever — coccidioidomycosis.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.