8-letter words containing y, a, f
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- lawfully — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- lylafklc — (chat) Love you like a fat kid loves cake.
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- nonfatty — not fatty, not characterized by or composed of fat
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- off year — a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
- off-year — An off-year is a year when no major political elections are held.
- panofsky — Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.
- play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
- play off — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-off — (in competitive sports) the playing of an extra game, rounds, innings, etc., in order to settle a tie.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- quantify — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- rafferty — confused; disorganized.
- repacify — to pacify again
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- syngraft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- typeface — face (defs 19b, c).
- unfairly — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unfaulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- unflashy — not flashy
- unsafely — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- unsafety — unsafe state or condition; exposure to danger or risk; insecurity.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- yankeefy — to cause to acquire Yankee traits or characteristics: She was afraid that a year in a Connecticut college had Yankeefied her speech.
- yearnful — Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.