9-letter words containing r, y, f
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- for years — for several or many years
- forecaddy — caddy who goes ahead of the golfer to point out the ball's location
- forestays — Plural form of forestay.
- forlornly — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fort lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fort myer — a military reservation in N Virginia, N of Alexandria.
- fort-lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- forty-one — a cardinal number, 40 plus 1.
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
- forty-two — a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- four-eyed — having or seeming to have four eyes.
- four-eyes — Slang: Usually Disparaging. a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
- fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragrancy — fragrance (def 1).
- franticly — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- free city — a city having an independent government and forming a sovereign state by itself.
- freebooty — plunder; loot; spoils.
- freecycle — to give away (used goods or materials) to people who want them, or to obtain (such items) for free.
- freestyle — Swimming. competition in which any of the standard strokes may be used, according to the swimmer's choice. the crawl.
- frenchify — to make (something or someone) resemble the French, as in manners, customs, or dress: to Frenchify the spelling of one's name.
- frenotomy — The surgical cutting of the frenum.
- frenzying — Present participle of frenzy.
- frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- fretfully — In a fretful manner.
- frigidity — the state or condition of being frigid.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- from away — from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
- frontally — In a frontal manner.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- fructuary — a person who enjoys the fruits or rewards (of something)
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fruit fly — any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants.
- fry bread — a flat wheat bread made by North American Indians of the SW U.S., that is cooked by frying in deep fat until light brown and puffed on both sides
- funny car — type of drag racing
- furcately — in a furcate manner
- furiosity — Lb obsolete furiousness; fury.
- furiously — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- furtherly — Favorable, advanced.
- furtively — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.