12-letter words containing y, f
- cost-justify — to justify the allotment or spending of a specific sum of money for (an investment, procurement, etc.).
- country folk — people who live in the country
- country life — life in the country
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- cruelty-free — (of a cosmetic or other product) developed without being tested on animals
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- curry favour — to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybersurfers — Plural form of cybersurfer.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cyclic shift — a transfer of digits from one end of a machine word to the other, retaining the same order in both places.
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- dairy farmer — a farmer who has a herd producing milk
- de-intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- definitively — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- deny oneself — to do without desired things
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disgustfully — in a disgustful manner
- dissyllabify — to make disyllabic
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- effectiveley — Misspelling of effectively.
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effeminately — In an effeminate manner.
- effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- egg foo yong — a Chinese-American dish consisting of eggs beaten and cooked with bean sprouts, onions, minced pork or shrimp, etc.
- egg foo yung — a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- equifinality — The property of being equifinal.
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- facilitatory — That serves to facilitate.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories