9-letter words containing f, l, y, i
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- lifecycle — Alternative spelling of life cycle.
- lifestyle — the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
- like fury — violently; furiously
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- mindfully — attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonflying — Not flying; traveling by means other than flight.
- oily fish — any variety of fish, such as the sardine, mackerel, salmon or trout; that has oils throughout its body rather than stored solely in the liver
- onion fly — a small grey dipterous insect, Delia antiqua, that is a serious pest of onions. The larvae destroy the bulbs
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play fair — games: be sporting
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reglorify — to glorify again
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- requalify — to qualify again
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- selfishly — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- thriftily — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- unfussily — in an unfussy manner
- uniformly — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- unqualify — to disqualify or to make unfit
- whifflery — frivolity
- willfully — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- wishfully — having or showing a wish; desirous; longing.
- wistfully — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- wolfishly — resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics.
- yellowfin — A widely distributed, commercially important tuna that has yellow anal and dorsal fins.