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9-letter words containing y, f

  • feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
  • fibrocyte — an inactive fibroblast
  • fibrously — In a fibrous manner.
  • fictively — In a fictive manner.
  • 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.
  • fifty-one — a cardinal number, 50 plus 1.
  • fifty-six — a cardinal number, 50 plus 6.
  • fifty-two — a cardinal number, 50 plus 2.
  • figurally — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
  • figuredly — in a figured manner
  • file away — in folder
  • file type — (file format)   The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
  • fill away — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • filmology — (film) A 1950s\u201360s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
  • 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.
  • finickety — fussy or exacting; a cross between finicky and pernickety
  • finickity — Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details; meticulous and particular.
  • 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
  • fissility — Quality of being fissile.
  • fittingly — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • five-year — happening over a period of five years
  • fivepenny — noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long. Symbol: 5d.
  • 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.
  • flesh fly — any fly of the family Sarcophagidae, comprising species that deposit their eggs or larvae in carrion or in the flesh of living animals.
  • flightily — In a flighty manner.
  • flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
  • floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
  • floristry — The art of creating flower arrangements.
  • flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
  • flowerily — In a flowery way.
  • flowingly — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
  • flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
  • flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
  • fly blind — to move through the air using wings.
  • fly block — (in a Spanish burton or the like) a block, supported by a runner, through which the hauling part of the fall is rove.
  • fly front — a flap of material down one side of the front opening of a garment to conceal buttons, fasteners, or the like, as on a coat or dress.
  • fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
  • fly river — a river in New Guinea, flowing SE from the central part to the Gulf of Papua, about 800 miles (1290 km) long.
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