12-letter words containing f, l, y, e, r
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- oil refinery — plant where crude oil is processed
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- oversimplify — make too simple
- 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.
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.