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16-letter words containing f, e, r, n, s, h

  • matthew flindersMatthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • on the stroke of — punctually at
  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • preference share — a share of preferred stock.
  • prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
  • refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
  • schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schreiner finish — a lustrous surface imparted to a fabric by schreinerizing.
  • sea fish farming — the farming of saltwater fish
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
  • shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
  • sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
  • the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
  • the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
  • theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
  • thomas jeffersonJoseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
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