14-letter words containing f, l, y
- fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- furfuraldehyde — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gulf of cambay — an inlet of the Arabian Sea on the W coast of India, southeast of the Kathiawar Peninsula
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- in all my life — You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- inflammability — capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
- inframaxillary — (anatomy) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary.
- infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- justifiability — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- logania family — the plant family Loganiaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs of warm regions having usually opposite leaves, clusters of regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or fleshy fruit, and including the butterfly bush, Carolina jessamine, logania, and trees of the genus Strychnos, which are the source of curare, nux vomica, and strychnine.
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.