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17-letter words containing f, l, a, y

  • hyperinflationary — (economics) Having very high levels of inflation.
  • in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
  • intraspecifically — Between individuals of the same species.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
  • lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • law of trichotomy — the property that for natural numbers a and b , either a is less than b , a equals b , or a is greater than b .
  • life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
  • lifestyle disease — a disease that potentially can be prevented by changes in diet, environment, and lifestyle, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, and osteoporosis
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • make the dust fly — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
  • mental deficiency — mental retardation
  • methyltransferase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of methyl groups from one molecule to another.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • natural frequency — the frequency at which a system vibrates when set in free vibration
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • off-site facility — An off-site facility is a facility which is not at the main industrial or commercial site.
  • off-year election — (in the US) an election held in a year when a presidential election does not take place
  • office by example — (language)   (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • past life therapy — a form of hypnosis or meditation based on the belief that an individual's present problems are rooted in events that occurred before birth in this life
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • photofluorography — photography of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination, used in x-ray examination of the lungs of large groups of people.
  • play with oneself — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • professional army — an army of trained soldiers
  • pyrosulfuric acid — a strong, crystalline acid, H2S2O7, prepared commercially as a heavy, oily, fuming liquid: used in making explosives and dyes, as a sulfating agent, etc.
  • reference library — A reference library is a library that contains books which you can look at in the library itself but which you cannot borrow.
  • rift valley fever — a highly infectious viral disease of humans and animals, transmitted by mosquitoes and other insects, occurring in Africa and characterized in humans by headache, fever, eye discomfort, and muscle aches, progressing in some cases to encephalitis, blindness, or internal bleeding.
  • sanitary landfill — landfill.
  • self-belay device — (in climbing) a device used to pay out a safety rope as required
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • the factory floor — all the workers in a factory
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • to feel your oats — to feel exuberant or high-spirited
  • to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
  • to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
  • tyrant flycatcher — flycatcher (def 2).
  • unlawful assembly — a meeting of three or more people with the intent of carrying out any unlawful purpose
  • walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
  • water lily family — the plant family Nymphaeaceae, characterized by aquatic herbaceous plants having usually broad leaves, solitary, often showy flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the lotus (genus Nelumbo), spatterdock, water lily, and water shield.
  • willow flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
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