14-letter words containing f, i, t, e, h
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- fitted kitchen — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flight feather — one of the large, stiff feathers of the wing and tail of a bird that are essential to flight.
- flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
- fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- freight engine — a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
- french cricket — a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket
- french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- fringe theatre — theatrical performance that is unconventional or otherwise distinct from the mainstream
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- get funny with — to be impudent to
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
- height of land — a watershed
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- identity theft — crime: pretending to be sb else
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
- in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- interfere with — tamper with