9-letter words containing f, y, i
- paraffiny — of, relating to, or characteristic of paraffin; covered with or smelling of paraffin
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pig's fry — the heart, liver, lights, and sweetbreads of a pig cooked, esp fried, together
- 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
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- re-verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- recertify — to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm: He certified the truth of his claim.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- refortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- reglorify — to glorify again
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- requalify — to qualify again
- respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- retestify — to testify again
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- 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.
- semideify — to elevate (a person, object, or nature) to the status of a demigod.
- shift key — a typewriter key that determines whether characters are printed in upper or lower case and controls the printing of numbers and symbols.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- 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.
- speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- 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.
- thriftily — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- trafficky — (of a street, area, town, etc) busy with motor vehicles
- undignify — to strip or deprive of dignity
- unfussily — in an unfussy manner
- uniformly — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- unqualify — to disqualify or to make unfit
- unthrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- verifying — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- wayfaring — (of a person) traveling on foot.
- whifflery — frivolity
- willfully — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.