10-letter words containing f, i, h, o
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- fly orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys insectifera, whose flowers resemble and attract certain wasps: found in wood margins and scrub on lime-rich soils
- folklorish — (colloquial) Typical or similar to folklore.
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.
- foolishest — Superlative form of foolish.
- footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort smith — a city in W Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- forthbring — (obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
- forthgoing — an instance of going forth
- forthright — going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.
- fortnights — Plural form of fortnight.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- friendhood — The state, quality, or condition of being a friend or friends.
- frightsome — Frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- frithsoken — (from Old English) a refuge; a sanctuary
- frithstool — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a seat in a church, placed near the altar, for persons who claimed the right of sanctuary.
- frogfishes — Plural form of frogfish.
- frothiness — The quality of being frothy.
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- give forth — to send forth; emit; issue
- go fishing — try to catch fish
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- goldfishes — Plural form of goldfish.
- good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hit it off — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- home field — A sports team's home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
- home fries — pan-fried potatoes
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsethief — Alternative spelling of horse thief.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- hotfoot it — a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.