13-letter words containing f, i, g, h

match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
mother figure — a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.
motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
night fighter — an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night
pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
prize fighter — A prize fighter is a boxer who fights to win money.
put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
return flight — a flight going back
right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
right-justify — If printed text is right-justified, each line finishes at the same distance from the right-hand edge of the page or column.
right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
sargassumfish — an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed.
school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
sergeant fish — cobia
shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
show signs of — indicate possibility of
single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
straightforth — straight or directly forward
talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
the far right — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic conservatism or reaction, based generally on a belief that things are better left unchanged
the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
tight-fitting — (of a garment) fitting closely to the contours of the body: tightfitting pants.
traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
trout fishing — angling to catch trout
twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
unflinchingly — not flinching; unshrinking: unflinching courage.
unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.
yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers

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