12-letter words containing f, a, n, h
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- half a dozen — six
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- 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
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handcraftman — handicraftsman.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in bad faith — intending to deceive sb
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.