8-letter words containing y, a, f
- farmyard — a yard or enclosure surrounded by or connected with farm buildings.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- farriery — the art, work, or establishment of a farrier
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
- fat body — a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
- fat city — an easy and prosperous condition or circumstance: With a new house and a better-paying job, she's in Fat City.
- fatality — a disaster resulting in death.
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- faultily — In a faulty manner.
- faxa bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the SW coast of Iceland.
- fayalite — the iron end member of the olivine group, Fe 2 SiO 4 .
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- february — the second month of the year, ordinarily containing 28 days, but containing 29 days in leap years. Abbreviation: Feb.
- fedayeen — a member of an Arab commando group operating especially against Israel.
- federacy — a confederacy.
- feedyard — an area where cattle are kept and fed when being fattened for market
- femality — Femaleness.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- fete day — a festival day.
- feudally — In a feudal manner.
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- filially — In a filial manner.
- finality — the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- flabbily — In a flabby manner.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- flaysome — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- florally — In a floral way; with flowers or something that suggests them.
- fly ball — a ball that is batted up into the air.
- fly page — banner
- fly rail — Furniture. a horizontally swinging bracket for supporting a drop leaf.
- fly swat — fly swatter.