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8-letter words containing y, f

  • -defying — at odds or in contradiction with the thing specified
  • ach-y-fi — an expression of disgust or abhorrence
  • affinely — In an affine manner.
  • affinity — If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
  • affrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of affray.
  • affrayer — a person who takes part in an affray or disturbance
  • aftereye — to look at or watch someone or something that has passed by
  • aimfully — in an aimful manner
  • al fayed — Mohamed. born 1933, Egyptian-born businessman; owner of the Harrods department store (1985–2010) and of the Ritz Hotel, Paris, from 1979: his son Dodi Fayed (1956–97) died in the same Paris car crash as Diana, Princess of Wales
  • alderfly — any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water
  • alkalify — to make or become alkaline
  • ammonify — to treat or impregnate with ammonia or a compound of ammonia
  • artfully — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
  • aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
  • babyfood — food for babies, often puréed
  • bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
  • beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
  • bellyful — as much as one wants or can eat
  • blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
  • blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.
  • blow-fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.
  • body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
  • bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
  • bogotify — (jargon)   /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad. A program that has been changed so many times as to become completely disorganised has become bogotified. If you tighten a nut too hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified. See also bogosity.
  • bronzify — to make into bronze
  • bulb fly — a hoverfly, the larvae of which live in bulbs and can become serious pests, esp the yellow and black narcissus bulb fly (Meridon equestris)
  • catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
  • chaffery — the act of bargaining
  • chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
  • cityfied — made into a city.
  • classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
  • copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
  • copyleft — a form of licensing that imposes fewer restrictions on the use of a work than copyright
  • craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
  • cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
  • crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
  • creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
  • cry foul — If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.
  • cry wolf — If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
  • cynewulf — ?8th century ad, Anglo-Saxon poet; author of Juliana, The Ascension, Elene, and The Fates of the Apostles
  • dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
  • deep-fry — If you deep-fry food, you fry it in a large amount of fat or oil.
  • deer fly — any of several tabanid flies of the genus Chrysops, the female of which is a vector of tularemia in deer, livestock, and humans.
  • defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
  • defrayed — to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.): The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
  • deifying — Present participle of deify.
  • denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
  • denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
  • detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
  • dewikify — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To remove wiki markup formatting, such as internal links.

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