13-letter words containing f, e, r, h, o
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- form the fool — to play the fool or behave irritatingly
- formal theory — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- forty-eightmo — a book size of about 2½ × 4 inches (6 × 10 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 48 leaves or 96 pages. Abbreviation: 48mo, 48°.
- forty-seventh — next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47.
- foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.
- foster mother — a woman who takes the place of a mother in raising a child.
- four horsemen — four riders on white, red, black, and pale horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively. Rev. 6:2–8.
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- full throttle — used in the phrase at full throttle, at full speed or with great intensity
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- hall of famer — a person who has been accepted into a Hall of Fame.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- helen of troy — Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- herefordshire — a former county in W England, now part of Hereford and Worscester.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.