15-letter words containing f, i, r, e, h, o

fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
hard of hearing — partially deaf
heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
heredo-familial — denoting a condition or disease that may be passed from generation to generation and to several members of one family
holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
longshore drift — beach drift.
lord high fixer — [Primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Lord High Executioner"] The person in an organisation who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
make it hot for — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
old father time — time personified
on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
religion of chi — /ki:/ [Case Western Reserve University] Yet another hackish parody religion (see also Church of the SubGenius, Discordianism). In the mid-70s, the canonical "Introduction to Programming" courses at CWRU were taught in ALGOL, and student exercises were punched on cards and run on a Univac 1108 system using a homebrew operating system named CHI. The religion had no doctrines and but one ritual: whenever the worshipper noted that a digital clock read 11:08, he or she would recite the phrase "It is 11:08; ABS, ALPHABETIC, ARCSIN, ARCCOS, ARCTAN." The last five words were the first five functions in the appropriate chapter of the ALGOL manual; note the special pronunciations /obz/ and /ark'sin/ rather than the more common /ahbz/ and /ark'si:n/. Using an alarm clock to warn of 11:08's arrival was considered harmful.
rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
right-of-center — holding conservative views in politics; right-wing.
right-of-centre — You can describe a person or political party as right-of-centre if they have political views which are closer to capitalism and conservatism than to socialism but which are not very extreme.
rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
ronne ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E.
rose of jericho — an Asian plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, of the mustard family, which, after drying and curling up, expands when moistened.
round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
run-of-the-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
to hit the roof — If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
towers of hanoi — (games) A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.

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