15-letter words containing f, l, a, y
- nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
- noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
- noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- official family — the executives or officials chiefly responsible for the operation of an organization or government.
- olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
- olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
- overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
- phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
- qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
- quality of life — comfort and enjoyment in one's existence
- quality-of-life — affecting the quality of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes as fare-beating and graffiti writing.
- quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- royal air force — aerial branch of British military
- saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
- self-admittedly — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-analytical — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
- self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
- self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.
- shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- significatively — serving to signify.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- valerian family — the plant family Valerianaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit, and including corn salad, spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi), and valerian.