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15-letter words containing f, i, t, h

  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • free throw line — foul line (def 2).
  • freedom fighter — a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.
  • freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
  • french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
  • friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
  • gift of the gab — ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
  • give the finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
  • gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • han unification — Han character
  • have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
  • health benefits — positive effects on health
  • high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
  • high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
  • high-fibre diet — a diet which contains a lot of fibre, supposed to help keep your digestive system healthy
  • hit the buffers — to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
  • holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
  • housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
  • housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
  • if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
  • imperfect-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • in (the) future — You use in future when saying what will happen from now on, which will be different from what has previously happened. The form in the future is sometimes used instead, especially in American English.
  • in fine feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
  • in the event of — something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the light of — in view of, given
  • in the midst of — amid, among
  • in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
  • in the teeth of — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
  • in the thick of — in the midst of: a fight, etc.
  • infants' school — kindergarten.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • insight-fulness — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
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