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14-letter words containing f, a, n, h, e, t

  • in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
  • instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
  • isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
  • on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
  • unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
  • unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
  • vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
  • what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
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