9-letter words containing f, y
- hissy fit — Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- hurtfully — In a hurtful manner.
- hydrofoil — Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- in a fury — very angry
- in effigy — a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.
- indemnify — to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
- indignify — to treat in a humiliating manner; treat without dignity; shame
- ineffably — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- inferably — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- infirmary — a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital: a school infirmary.
- infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jiffy bag — a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- 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".
- key frame — (graphics) A frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user rather than generated automatically, e.g. by tweening.
- key fruit — a samara.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch
- 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
- lustfully — full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marry off — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mercurify — to mix with mercury; amalgamate.
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.
- mindfully — attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- minifying — Present participle of minify.
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- modifying — Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- moskonfyt — a South African thick grape syrup used as a jam or sweetener
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.