12-letter words containing l, y, e
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flat battery — power cell that has run down
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- fleur-de-lys — fleur-de-lis (defs 1, 2).
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
- flying jenny — Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a merry-go-round, especially a relatively small or unadorned one.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- french-style — French-cut.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
- funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
- gallery tray — a tray usually of silver with a raised rim, used for serving drinks
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- galley slave — a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley.