26-letter words containing f, i, r, t, h
- richthofen's flying circus — the German 11th Chasing Squadron of World War I, commanded by Baron Richthofen
- scares the life out of you — If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you.
- senior chief petty officer — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a chief petty officer and below a master chief petty officer. Abbreviation: SCPO.
- slip through one's fingers — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- song of the three children — a book of the Apocrypha, included as part of the third chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- ssh file transfer protocol — (networking) (SFTP) A version of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) using an encrypted network connection provided by Secure Shell (SSH), usually SSH 2. The SFTP protocol allows for a range of operations on remote files, making it more like a remote file system protocol. SFTP clients can resume interrupted transfers, get directory listings and remove remote files. SFTP has largely replaced Secure Copy (SCP).
- staffordshire bull terrier — one of an English breed of strong, stocky, muscular dogs having a broad skull and a smooth coat, in combinations of red, white, black, or blue, originally raised for bullbaiting and later dogfighting, but now bred as a companion dog.
- state of the union address — an annual message to Congress in which the president reports on the state of the nation and outlines a legislative program: required by the Constitution (Article II, Section 3). Abbreviation: SOTU.
- straight from the shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
- straight-from-the-shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
- take (or leave) the field — to begin (or withdraw from) activity in a game, military operation, etc.
- take something for granted — If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- the fruits of your labours — the profits or gains achieved as a result of hard work
- the other side of the coin — You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
- the short end of the stick — the worst of a deal
- to get off your high horse — if you tell someone to, or suggest that someone should, get off their high horse, you are suggesting they stop behaving in a superior manner
- too big for one's breeches — Also called knee breeches. knee-length trousers, often having ornamental buckles or elaborate decoration at or near the bottoms, commonly worn by men and boys in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
- within range, out of range — If something is in range or within range, it is near enough to be reached or detected. If it is out of range, it is too far away to be reached or detected.