12-letter words containing f, i, r, t, h
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- north africa — 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.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- short shrift — a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the flickers — the cinema
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
- the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- thirty-fifth — next after the thirty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 35.
- thirty-first — next after the thirtieth; being the ordinal number for 31.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unfrightened — not frightened
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.