9-letter words containing f, l, y
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- needfully — In a needful manner.
- 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
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- 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
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- 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
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- playfully — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- pushfully — in a pushful manner
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reglorify — to glorify again
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- requalify — to qualify again
- screw fly — screwworm fly.
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- sedge fly — an angler's name for various caddis flies, notably the grey sedge, the murragh, and the cinnamon sedge
- 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.
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- small fry — child
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- 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.
- soy flour — finely ground soybeans, most commonly used as an additive to other flours, processed meats, cereals, etc.
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- 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.
- tactfully — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- thriftily — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.