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14-letter words containing f, o, l, h, e

  • half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
  • hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
  • hopfield model — Hopfield network
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  • isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
  • kettle of fish — an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish!
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
  • loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
  • ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)
  • sigh of relief — audible breath when difficulty is over
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