13-letter words containing y, a, f
- city of david — Jerusalem. II Sam. 5:6–7.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
- dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
- day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
- day of infamy — December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
- dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- fabricability — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- factory floor — The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fairy swallow — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fancy (that)! — can you imagine (that)!
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.