11-letter words containing f, e, t
- gunn effect — the onset of microwave oscillations in a thin slice of a semiconductor when a voltage exceeding a given value is applied across the slice.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- han fei-tzu — died 233 b.c, Chinese philosopher and legal theorist.
- handcrafted — handicraft.
- handcrafter — One who handcrafts or engages in handcraft or handicraft.
- hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- health farm — A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food.
- health food — any natural food popularly believed to promote or sustain good health, as by containing vital nutrients, being grown without the use of pesticides, or having a low sodium or fat content.
- healthfully — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heartfeltly — In a heartfelt manner.
- hereinafter — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- heterograft — xenograft.
- hit the fan — any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hurtfulness — The property of being hurtful.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- identifiers — Plural form of identifier.
- identifying — Present participle of identify.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- if-come bet — pyramid bet.
- ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.