9-letter words containing f, l, y
- floristry — The art of creating flower arrangements.
- flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
- flowerily — In a flowery way.
- flowingly — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
- flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
- flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
- fly blind — to move through the air using wings.
- fly block — (in a Spanish burton or the like) a block, supported by a runner, through which the hauling part of the fall is rove.
- fly front — a flap of material down one side of the front opening of a garment to conceal buttons, fasteners, or the like, as on a coat or dress.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- fly river — a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, about 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- fly sheet — a sheet on which instructions or information are printed; handbill.
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- fly-tying — the art or hobby of making artificial lures for fly fishing.
- flybridge — flying bridge.
- flyfisher — A person who goes fly fishing.
- flyleaves — Plural form of flyleaf.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyrodder — an angler using an artificial fly
- flyscreen — A screen attached to the front of a motorcycle, designed to prevent insects from flying into the rider.
- flysheets — Plural form of flysheet.
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- flystrike — myiasis.
- flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- foetology — fetology.
- foiningly — by means of a thrust or push
- folkishly — In a folkish manner.
- fontology — (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR
- fool away — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foolishly — In an unwise manner; stupidly.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- forlornly — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- fort lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fort-lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- fossilify — (dated) To fossilize.
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
- fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- franticly — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.