12-letter words containing f, y
- significancy — significance.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- sir jeffreys — George (1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem) 1648–89, English jurist.
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spiny-finned — having fins with sharp bony rays, as an acanthopterygian.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- successfully — achieving or having achieved success.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- thirty-fifth — next after the thirty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 35.
- thirty-first — next after the thirtieth; being the ordinal number for 31.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- to your feet — If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- tour of duty — tour (def 5).
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- uncheerfully — without cheerfulness; in an uncheerful manner
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
- undefinitely — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undoubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- uneventfully — not eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office.