12-letter words containing f, e, r, h
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- dehumidifier — A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to reduce the amount of moisture in the air.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dram refresh — (storage) The operation which cycles through a DRAM reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the capacitors which store the data. This may be done by the CPU but is often done by a dedicated memory controller.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fair-weather — used in or intended for fair weather only.
- faith healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faith-healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- feather shot — fine bean shot.
- feather star — a free-swimming crinoid.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- featherheads — Plural form of featherhead.
- featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- female rhyme — feminine rhyme.
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
- festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- field-holler — a cry employing falsetto, portamento, and sudden changes of pitch, used in African-American work songs, later integrated into the techniques of the blues
- fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
- figure eight — figure eight.
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.