16-letter words containing f, i, s, h, c
- schreiner finish — a lustrous surface imparted to a fabric by schreinerizing.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
- theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.