18-letter words containing a, f, r, e, h, n
- oak-leaf hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea quercifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having lobed leaves and pyramidal clusters of white flowers.
- paper handkerchief — a handkerchief made from tissue paper
- patron of the arts — someone who acts as a patron to or supports charities, organizations, and individuals that work in or concern the arts
- peter and the wolf — a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936. It is a children's story with both music and text, spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra
- purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
- reach for the moon — to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
- resistance fighter — someone who fights (for freedom, etc) against an invader in an occupied country, or against their government, etc, often secretly or illegally
- richard p. feynman — (person, computing, architecture) /fayn'mn/ 1918-1988. A US physicist, computer scientist and author who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton. Feynmane was a key figure in helping Oppenheimer and team develop atomic bomb. In 1950 he became a professor at Caltech and in 1965 became Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics for QED (quantum electrodynamics). He was a primary figure in "solving" the Challenger disaster O-ring problem. He "rediscovered" the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Tuva. The 2001 film "Infinity" about Feynman's early life featured Matthew Broderick and Patricia Arquette. In 2001, "QED", a play about Feynman's life featuring Alan Alda opened.
- saint peter's fish — another name for tilapia, taken from a Bible story about Saint Peter catching a fish with a coin in its mouth
- sound and the fury — a novel (1929) by William Faulkner.
- sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
- the full treatment — If you say that someone is given the full treatment, you mean either that they are treated extremely well or that they are treated extremely severely.
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
- white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- whitewater rafting — the sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers, esp over rapids
- woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
- writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
- xenon hexafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 6 , that melts at 50°C to a yellow liquid, and boils at 75°C.