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17-letter words containing f, a, r, n, h

  • have no words for — to be incapable of describing
  • heart of darkness — a short novel (1902) by Joseph Conrad.
  • heat of formation — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a compound is formed from its constituent atoms
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • hiring and firing — the authority to hire or fire staff, or the act of doing this
  • human trafficking — the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.
  • hydrofluorocarbon — Any of a class of partly chlorinated and fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as an alternative to chlorofluorocarbons in foam production, refrigeration, and other processes.
  • hydrogasification — a high-temperature, high-pressure process for producing liquid or gaseous fuels from fine particles of coal and hydrogen gas
  • hyperinflationary — (economics) Having very high levels of inflation.
  • in the market for — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • john of lancaster — Duke of Bedford, 1389–1435, Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • julian of norwich — ?1342–?1413, English mystic and anchoress: best known for the Revelations of Divine Love describing her visions
  • life and/or death — If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
  • manna from heaven — Bible: food from heaven
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
  • methyltransferase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of methyl groups from one molecule to another.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • month after month — every month
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • night after night — every night or for many successive nights
  • old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
  • overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • plains of abraham — a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.
  • plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • point of purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • point-of-purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • preference shares — a share of preferred stock.
  • preferential shop — a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.
  • receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
  • republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • scarlet firethorn — a Eurasian evergreen, thorny shrub, Pyracantha coccinea, of the rose family, having white, hairy flower clusters and bright red berries.
  • schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scratch 'n' sniff — denoting a product that releases a smell when scratched
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • stare in the face — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
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