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12-letter words containing f, i, h

  • squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the fair sex — women collectively
  • the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • the sniffles — a cold in the head
  • the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
  • thereinafter — afterward in that document.
  • thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
  • third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
  • thirty-fifth — next after the thirty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 35.
  • thirty-first — next after the thirtieth; being the ordinal number for 31.
  • this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
  • tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
  • tightfitting — (of a garment) fitting closely to the contours of the body: tightfitting pants.
  • to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
  • twenty-fifth — next after the twenty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 25.
  • ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
  • un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • undersheriff — a sheriff's deputy, especially one on whom the sheriff's duties devolve when the office is vacant.
  • unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • unfrightened — not frightened
  • uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
  • unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
  • unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
  • unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
  • unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
  • walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
  • washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
  • weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
  • weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
  • wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
  • whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
  • white coffee — coffee: with milk
  • white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
  • white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
  • with-profits — A with-profits savings scheme or financial plan is one in which the people who put money into the scheme receive extra money each year based on how successful the investment has been.
  • without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
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