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15-letter words containing f, a, i, t, h, e

  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • gift of the gab — ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
  • health benefits — positive effects on health
  • housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
  • in fine feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
  • least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
  • leave the field — to back out of a competition, contest, etc
  • left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
  • lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
  • make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
  • make it hot for — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • old father time — time personified
  • on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
  • schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
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