16-letter words containing f, i, r, t, h, o
- in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
- in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
- intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
- throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- 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