12-letter words containing l, a, y, f, o
- horrifically — causing horror.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- 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.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- 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.
- 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.
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.