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15-letter words containing f, i, g, h, t

  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
  • high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
  • high-fibre diet — a diet which contains a lot of fibre, supposed to help keep your digestive system healthy
  • housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
  • hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
  • in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • in the light of — in view of, given
  • insight-fulness — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
  • kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
  • light flyweight — an amateur boxer weighing not more than 48 kg (106 pounds)
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
  • make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
  • not for nothing — If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
  • nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
  • out of sight of — not in sight
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • right-of-center — holding conservative views in politics; right-wing.
  • right-of-centre — You can describe a person or political party as right-of-centre if they have political views which are closer to capitalism and conservatism than to socialism but which are not very extreme.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the first thing — even one thing
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
  • thing-in-itself — reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. Compare noumenon (def 3).
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • tightfistedness — the quality or state of being tightfisted
  • upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
  • walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
  • yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
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