11-letter words containing f, i, t, h
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- if anything — on the contrary
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in the buff — naked
- in the face — head on, directly
- in-fighting — fighting at close range.
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- infield hit — a base hit that does not reach the outfield.
- jet fighter — aeronautics
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- 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 draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one
- 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.
- moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
- net fishing — Fishing using a net, esp a large commercial drift net
- night shift — the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.
- nightfaring — journeying at night, travelling abroad by night
- ninth of av — Tishah b'Av.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- outfighting — a battle or combat.
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- photoflight — pertaining to a flight made for the purpose of aerial photography.
- 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.
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- 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.
- right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
- 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