11-letter words containing f, i, h, o
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- head office — headquarters
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- home office — the main office of a company.
- honorifical — honorific
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- horror film — a film with a frightening storyline and atmosphere
- host family — family one lodges with
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- 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.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- 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.
- ninth of av — Tishah b'Av.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- 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
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- 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.
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- 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.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- photoflight — pertaining to a flight made for the purpose of aerial photography.
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- ship of war — warship.
- shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.