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11-letter words containing f, i, h, o

  • showing-off — behaviour designed to impress people
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
  • the like of — any person or thing like
  • the offside — the side of a vehicle nearest the centre of the road (in Britain, the right side)
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • third floor — the storey of a building immediately above the second and three floors up from the ground
  • third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
  • thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
  • thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
  • throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
  • thuriferous — producing frankincense
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • to the life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • toffishness — the quality or state of being toffish
  • tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
  • tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
  • trichlorfon — metrifonate.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • unfashioned — not fashioned or made; not formed
  • vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
  • werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
  • whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.
  • yellowfinch — any of several tropical American finches of the genus Sicalis, most of which are bright yellow in color.
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