15-letter words containing f, a, s, t, h
- freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- half-understood — partially understood
- halfheartedness — The characteristic of being half-hearted.
- health benefits — positive effects on health
- heart of hearts — the depths of one's conscience or emotions
- hoffman estates — a city in NE Illinois.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- 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.
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- infeasible path — dead code
- is that a fact? — You say is that a fact? as a response to a statement which you find surprising, interesting, or unlikely.
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kaffeeklatsches — Plural form of kaffeeklatsch.
- least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
- 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.
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- 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.
- ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
- 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.
- see the back of — to be rid of
- see the last of — to see for the last time
- 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
- short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website