14-letter words containing f, r, y
- french academy — an association of 40 scholars and men and women of letters, established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language and establishing standards of proper usage.
- frequency band — band2 (def 9).
- frequent flyer — a person who regularly makes air journeys
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
- fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
- 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.
- gene frequency — the frequency of occurrence of a particular allele in a population
- grow away from — lose attachment
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hyper-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
- inframaxillary — (anatomy) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary.
- infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
- injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- 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.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.