10-letter words containing y, a, f
- fritillary — any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.
- from day 1 — from the very beginning
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frying pan — A frying pan is a flat metal pan with a long handle, in which you fry food.
- frying-pan — a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- funereally — In a funereal manner.
- funny farm — a psychiatric hospital.
- gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gayfeather — Many of the plant of the genus Liatris, native to North America, including Mexico, east of the continental divide.
- ghastfully — in a ghastful manner
- gracefully — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- gratefully — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratifying — tending to gratify; giving or causing satisfaction; pleasing.
- gray friar — a Franciscan friar: so called from the traditional color of the habit worn by the order.
- grey friar — a Franciscan friar
- guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- half rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half-crazy — somewhat crazy or insane
- half-empty — (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
- half-hardy — having moderate resistance to cold temperatures.
- half-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- halfhourly — half-hour (def 3).
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- in a jiffy — very quickly, in an instant
- inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
- infallibly — absolutely trustworthy or sure: an infallible rule.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infeasibly — In a manner that\u2019s not feasible.
- infernally — hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
- infinitary — (mathematics, logic) Of or pertaining to expressions of infinite length.
- informally — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- kissy-face — affectionate kissing; necking: playing kissy-face.
- la fayette — Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-ree maduh-len pyawsh duh la ver-nyuh] /maˈri madəˈlɛn pyɔʃ də la ˈvɛr nyə/ (Show IPA), Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- lay before — If you lay an idea or piece of information before someone, you present it to them in detail, usually in order to obtain their approval or advice.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.