9-letter words containing f, y, l, e
- kerflooey — Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.
- key field — (database) A field of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a record (a table entry). The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key".
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lafayette — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- lifecycle — Alternative spelling of life cycle.
- lifestyle — the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
- like fury — violently; furiously
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- needfully — In a needful manner.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- 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.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reglorify — to glorify again
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- requalify — to qualify again
- screw fly — screwworm fly.
- 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.
- 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.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- twelfthly — in the twelfth position
- unfleshly — not fleshly; not carnal or corporeal; spiritual.
- unflyable — not able to be flown
- use-fully — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
- wakefully — In a wakeful manner.
- whifflery — frivolity
- wolfberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of the honeysuckle family, having gray, hairy, egg-shaped leaves and pinkish, bell-shaped flowers, and bearing white berries.
- yellowfin — A widely distributed, commercially important tuna that has yellow anal and dorsal fins.
- zestfully — With zest or enthusiasm.