11-letter words containing f, i, t, e, h
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mike fright — extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.
- net fishing — Fishing using a net, esp a large commercial drift net
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prize fight — A prize fight is a boxing match where the boxers are paid to fight, especially one that is not official.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right field — the area of the outfield to the right of center field, as viewed from home plate.
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- scene shift — the changing of scenes during a play
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shifty-eyed — having the appearance of being dishonest, esp as signified by a lack of eye contact
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- take fright — be scared off
- test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft.
- that's life — expressing acceptance of fate
- the fact is — You use the fact is or the fact of the matter is to introduce and draw attention to a summary or statement of the most important point about what you have been saying.
- the fidgets — restless, uneasy feelings or movements
- the fifteen — the Jacobite rising of 1715
- the fifties — the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty-nine
- the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
- the flemish — the Flemings collectively
- the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- the inferno — hell; the infernal region
- the like of — any person or thing like
- the offside — the side of a vehicle nearest the centre of the road (in Britain, the right side)
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- thirty-five — a cardinal number, 30 plus 5.