12-letter words containing i, f, y
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
- shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- 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.
- 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.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- 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.
- unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unfriendlily — in an unfriendly manner
- unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.