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16-letter words containing f, i, h

  • the first fruits — The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
  • the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
  • the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
  • the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
  • the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
  • the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
  • the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
  • theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
  • think nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
  • to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
  • to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
  • trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
  • train of thought — sequence of ideas
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
  • wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
  • windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
  • wipe off the map — to put out of existence
  • wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
  • wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
  • with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
  • within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
  • zone of leaching — A horizon.
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