9-letter words containing y, a, f
- hay fever — a type of allergic rhinitis affecting the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract, affecting susceptible persons usually during the summer, caused by pollen of ragweed and certain other plants.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- in a fury — very angry
- ineffably — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- inferably — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- infirmary — a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital: a school infirmary.
- jiffy bag — a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- key frame — (graphics) A frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user rather than generated automatically, e.g. by tweening.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lafayette — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marry off — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- officiary — pertaining to or derived from an office, as a title.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- outcrafty — to be craftier than
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- paraffiny — of, relating to, or characteristic of paraffin; covered with or smelling of paraffin
- pay offer — an offer of a certain amount of wages or salary
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play fair — games: be sporting
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- playfully — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- puppy fat — Puppy fat is fat that some children have on their bodies when they are young but that disappears when they grow older and taller.
- requalify — to qualify again
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- small fry — child
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- tactfully — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
- trafficky — (of a street, area, town, etc) busy with motor vehicles
- unflyable — not able to be flown