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11-letter words containing f, o, r, a, y

  • memory foam — a polyurethane-containing material that adapts to the contours of the body, making it useful in supportive pillows, mattresses, soles and so on
  • moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
  • obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • octal forty — (jargon)   Jargon for "I'm drawing a blank.", I can't work it out.
  • olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • oxford gray — medium to dark gray.
  • oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
  • parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
  • profanatory — tending to desecrate; profaning.
  • prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
  • road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
  • rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • soft x-rays — a type of x-ray that has its wavelength between 20 and 200 angstroms
  • tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
  • tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
  • unfavorably — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
  • yard of ale — a trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet (1 meter) long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer.
  • yard-of-ale — a trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet (1 meter) long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer.
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