16-letter words containing f, i, s, h, n, e
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
- not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
- on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
- physical fitness — good physical condition
- prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schreiner finish — a lustrous surface imparted to a fabric by schreinerizing.
- sea fish farming — the farming of saltwater fish
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
- stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
- 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 silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.