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11-letter words containing f, i, r, t, h

  • roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • sheriffalty — shrievalty.
  • shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
  • shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
  • shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • take fright — be scared off
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
  • third floor — the storey of a building immediately above the second and three floors up from the ground
  • third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
  • thirty-five — a cardinal number, 30 plus 5.
  • thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
  • thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
  • thriftiness — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
  • throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
  • thuriferous — producing frankincense
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
  • tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
  • trichlorfon — metrifonate.
  • trifle with — treat frivolously
  • triggerfish — any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • unfreighted — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
  • unthriftily — not thriftily; in an unthrifty manner; with a lack of thrift
  • warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
  • warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
  • weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
  • whiffletree — a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.
  • whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • white dwarf — a star, approximately the size of the earth, that has undergone gravitational collapse and is in the final stage of evolution for low-mass stars, beginning hot and white and ending cold and dark (black dwarf)
  • white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
  • white friar — a Carmelite friar: so called from the distinctive white cloak worn by the order.
  • white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
  • whitefeller — (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.
  • whitefriars — a district in central London, England.
  • witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.
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