13-letter words containing a, h, e, d, f
- halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- offhandedness — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.