13-letter words containing o, r, f, a, y
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- honorifically — In a honorific manner.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informatorily — in an informatory fashion
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- of many words — talkative
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- safety factor — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- send away for — order by post
- shy away from — If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
- significatory — serving to signify
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unfortunately — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
- year of grace — a specified year of the Christian era: this year of grace; the year of grace 1982.
- yeoman farmer — a man who farmed his own land