12-letter words containing f, l, y
- flat battery — power cell that has run down
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- fleur-de-lys — fleur-de-lis (defs 1, 2).
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- floatability — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- fluorography — photofluorography.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
- fly-by-light — aircraft control through systems operated by optical fibres rather than mechanical rods
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
- flying jenny — Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a merry-go-round, especially a relatively small or unadorned one.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- flying visit — A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- fm cyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- food stylist — a person whose job is to arrange food in an attractive way for professional photographs or broadcasts.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.