14-letter words containing f, l, y
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- nonfictionally — In a nonfictional manner.
- nt file system — (file system) (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- pacifistically — from a pacifistic point of view
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- party official — an official of a political party
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- pouilly fuissé — a dry white Burgundy wine made from the chardonnay grape
- pouilly-fuisse — a dry, white wine from Burgundy.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- quassia family — the plant family Simaroubaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having pinnately compound leaves, clusters of flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, or fleshy or winged fruit, and a bitter bark used medicinally, and including the ailanthus and quassia.
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-enjoyment — the act of enjoying.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.