13-letter words containing y, f
- dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
- dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
- diffusibility — capable of being diffused.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distrustfully — In a distrustful manner.
- drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
- dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- enjoy oneself — to have a good time
- fabricability — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- factory floor — The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fairy swallow — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family jewels — a man's genitals
- family values — belief in traditional family unit
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fancy (that)! — can you imagine (that)!
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
- fantastically — conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- fare-you-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
- fascinatingly — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- fascistically — In a fascistic way.
- fatiguability — Alternative form of fatigability.
- fatigue party — a group of soldiers undertaking fatigues
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- faunistically — in a faunistic manner
- feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical