11-letter words containing f, o, l, h, e
- hail-fellow — Also, hail fellow, hail-fellow well met. a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half volley — tennis: returning ball after it bounces
- half-boiled — drunk.
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- half-frozen — extremely cold
- half-nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
- half-volley — (in tennis, racquets, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is hit the moment it bounces from the ground.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- health food — any natural food popularly believed to promote or sustain good health, as by containing vital nutrients, being grown without the use of pesticides, or having a low sodium or fat content.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- school fees — the money paid for a person to go to school
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- second-half — happening in the second half of a game
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.