15-letter words containing f, i, t, h
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- faint-heartedly — nervously
- fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
- fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
- fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
- fifth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, providing chiefly that no person be required to testify against himself or herself in a criminal case and that no person be subjected to a second trial for an offense for which he or she has been duly tried previously.
- fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
- fifth dimension — a theoretical dimension beyond or in addition to a fourth dimension.
- fight city hall — to take up the apparently futile fight against petty or impersonal bureaucratic authority
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- fight-or-flight — denoting instinctive response
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- fighting chance — a possibility of success following a struggle.
- fighting french — Free French.
- fighting spirit — courage and determination expressed in a willingness to fight or struggle
- figure of eight — figure eight.
- fine-tooth comb — a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
- finger alphabet — a series of shapes made by the fingers that indicate letters of an alphabet and can be used in fingerspelling for the deaf
- finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
- fish restaurant — a restaurant which serves mainly fish
- fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
- flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
- flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
- flight engineer — a member of an aircraft crew responsible for the mechanical systems, fueling, and servicing of the craft.
- flight of fancy — An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy.
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- flight recorder — an electronic device aboard an aircraft that automatically records some aspects of the aircraft's performance in flight.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- flight shooting — competitive shooting for distance only.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- for their pains — You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
- force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
- foreshortenings — Plural form of foreshortening.
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
- fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
- fourth position — a position in which the feet are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out, with one foot forward and the other foot back.