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16-letter words containing f, e, t, h

  • make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
  • make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
  • man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
  • man of the house — the male head of a household.
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • man-of-the-earth — a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
  • mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
  • north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
  • north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
  • not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
  • of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
  • off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
  • old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
  • on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
  • on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
  • on the safe side — as a precaution
  • on the stroke of — punctually at
  • on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
  • one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
  • order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
  • out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
  • out of the money — If an investment is out of the money, it would be a loss if it was sold.
  • out of the woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
  • pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • physical fitness — good physical condition
  • 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.
  • rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
  • rate of exchange — exchange rate.
  • refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
  • rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
  • safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
  • sheffer's stroke — a function of two sentences, equivalent to the negation of their conjunction, and written p|q (p and q are both not true) where p,q, are the arguments: p|q is false only when p,q are both true. It is possible to construct all truth functions out of this one alone
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