11-letter words containing f, h, o
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- idaho falls — a city in E Idaho.
- in honor of — as a tribute to sb
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- lay hold of — to seize or grasp
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- make hay of — to throw into confusion
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
- mothercraft — skill and knowledge in looking after children
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- mothproofer — an agent that prevents moths from destroying materials or garments
- ninth of av — Tishah b'Av.
- north of 60 — the area of Canada lying north of a latitude of °N
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- not hear of — to forbid or refuse to consider
- not much of — not to any appreciable degree or extent
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- of the hour — most prominent at this time
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- off the bat — straight away, from the very start
- off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
- off the top — from gross income
- off-the-job — done, received, or happening away from or while not at one's job: off-the-job research.
- off-the-peg — ready-to-wear.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
- on the hoof — (of livestock) alive
- out of hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- outfighting — a battle or combat.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overfraught — too fraught
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- oxford shoe — oxford (def 1).
- oxfordshire — a county in S England. 1008 sq. mi. (2610 sq. km).
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.