13-letter words containing f, i, n, a, h
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- off the chain — wildly entertaining
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness