12-letter words containing l, a, f, y, e
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- ineffaceably — not effaceable or eradicable; indelible: an ineffaceable impression.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- let fly (at) — to shoot or throw (at)
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- maple family — the plant family Aceraceae, typified by trees and shrubs having sweet sap, simple opposite leaves usually lobed or toothed, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a double-winged nutlet, and including maples and the box elder.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.