16-letter words containing f, i, s, h, o
- liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
- lobe-finned fish — any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth.
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
- 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
- nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- 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.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- philip of swabia — 1180?–1208, king of Germany and uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1208 (son of Frederick I).
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- 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.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- 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
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
- the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.