9-letter words containing y, a
- fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- false bay — a bay in SW South Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope
- familiary — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.
- fancy dan — a flashy, ostentatious person, often one who lacks real skill, etc.
- fancy man — a woman's lover.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- fantastry — a fantastic or ostentatious display
- farcy bud — an ulcerated swelling, produced in farcy.
- farmyards — A yard or enclosure attached to a farmhouse.
- fatefully — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- fatty oil — fixed oil.
- fatuously — With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- favorably — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- fawn lily — any of several lilies of the genus Erythronium, of western North America, as E. californicum, having mottled leaves and cream-white flowers.
- fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
- fearfully — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- feast day — a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.
- featherly — (obsolete) Like feathers.
- featurely — having strongly defined features or characteristics, handsome
- federally — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- ferryboat — a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- field day — a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
- figurally — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
- file away — in folder
- fill away — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- filtabyte — (networking, hardware) An Ethernet controller card made by LRT based on the LANCE and SIA. It uses DMA. Its Ethernet address can be changed by software.
- fire away — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- fire clay — a refractory clay used for making crucibles, firebricks, etc.
- first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
- fiscality — Fiscal policy or considerations.
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- five-year — happening over a period of five years
- flaccidly — In a flaccid manner.
- flagrancy — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
- flangeway — an opening, parallel to a rail, made through platforms, pavements, track structures, etc., to permit passage of wheel flanges.
- flannelly — made of or resembling flannel.
- flaringly — In a flaring manner.
- flash-fry — to fry something very quickly by placing it in a pan on a very high heat
- flax lily — a large New Zealand plant, Phormium tenax, of the agave family, having showy, red-margined, leathery leaves and dull-red flowers, grown as an ornamental and for the fiber-yielding leaves.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- flyleaves — Plural form of flyleaf.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- fogramity — a fogey or antiquated thing
- fool away — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.