10-letter words containing y, a, f
- fatty acid — any of a class of aliphatic acids, especially palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds to glycerol to form a fat.
- favourably — (British, Canada) In a favourable manner.
- fearlessly — without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- fearsomely — In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent.
- feateously — in a featous manner
- fee-paying — charging for service
- feminality — The quality of being feminal; femininity.
- ferroalloy — an alloy of iron with some element other than carbon, used to introduce the element in the manufacture of steel.
- ferryboats — Plural form of ferryboat.
- fiat money — paper currency made legal tender by a fiat of the government, but not based on or convertible into coin.
- fibrillary — Of or pertaining to fibrils, or nanoscale fibers.
- fiducially — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- field army — army (def 2).
- filmically — (nonstandard) in a filmic manner.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first year — the first year when someone is at university or college
- five-a-day — the five portions of fruit and vegetables that people are recommended to eat every day as part of a healthy diet
- fixability — to repair; mend.
- flaccidity — soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
- flaggingly — So as to flag or slow down; wearyingly.
- flagrantly — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flatulency — (chiefly, dated) flatulence.
- flawlessly — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flight pay — a pay supplement allowed by the U.S. Air Force to certain crew members who attain a minimum flight time per month.
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floatingly — In a floating manner.
- fly a kite — If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
- fly agaric — a very poisonous common woodland mushroom, Amanita muscaria, having a glossy red or orange cap with white spots, formerly a fly poison.
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- follically — Alternative spelling of follicly.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- forgivably — In a forgivable way.
- formidably — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- frabjously — In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
- fractality — the quality of being fractal or subdivided
- fragrantly — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- fraidy-cat — a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children.
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- fraternity — a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- fraudfully — in a fraudful manner
- freakishly — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- freddy mac — (in the US) an informal name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a private company that buys and sells mortgage debt
- french way — cunnilingus or fellatio.
- friability — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.