12-letter words containing i, f, y
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- in memory of — to commemorate
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
- indefinitely — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- indemnifying — Present participle of indemnify.
- indifferency — indifference.
- ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- ineffaceably — not effaceable or eradicable; indelible: an ineffaceable impression.
- inefficiency — the quality or condition of being inefficient; lack of efficiency.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inframammary — (anatomy) Below the breast.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- jeffrey pine — a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.