9-letter words containing f, y
- fly sheet — a sheet on which instructions or information are printed; handbill.
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- fly-tying — the art or hobby of making artificial lures for fly fishing.
- flybridge — flying bridge.
- flyfisher — A person who goes fly fishing.
- flyleaves — Plural form of flyleaf.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyrodder — an angler using an artificial fly
- flyscreen — A screen attached to the front of a motorcycle, designed to prevent insects from flying into the rider.
- flysheets — Plural form of flysheet.
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- flystrike — myiasis.
- flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- foetology — fetology.
- fogramity — a fogey or antiquated thing
- foiningly — by means of a thrust or push
- folkishly — In a folkish manner.
- fontology — (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR
- food body — a mass of nutrients attached to a seed coat, which attracts ants and thus aids dispersal of the seed
- fool away — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foolishly — In an unwise manner; stupidly.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- for years — for several or many years
- forecaddy — caddy who goes ahead of the golfer to point out the ball's location
- forestays — Plural form of forestay.
- forlornly — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fort lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fort myer — a military reservation in N Virginia, N of Alexandria.
- fort-lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- forty-one — a cardinal number, 40 plus 1.
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
- forty-two — a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- fosse way — a Roman road in Britain between Lincoln and Exeter, with a fosse on each side
- fossilify — (dated) To fossilize.
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- four-eyed — having or seeming to have four eyes.
- four-eyes — Slang: Usually Disparaging. a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).