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17-letter words containing f, o, r, e, h

  • life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
  • lord of the flies — a novel (1954) by William Golding.
  • lower forty-eight — the forty-eight conterminous states of the United States
  • make the worst of — to be pessimistic about
  • man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
  • manna from heaven — Bible: food from heaven
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • mark of the beast — the mark put on the forehead of those who worship the beast, the symbol of opposition to God.
  • merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
  • microfiche reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfiche
  • middle of nowhere — a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • month after month — every month
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
  • northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
  • northern studfish — See under studfish.
  • old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
  • on the front foot — at an advantage, outclassing and outmanoeuvring one's opponents
  • on the home front — domestically
  • on the right foot — in an auspicious manner
  • on the wrong foot — in an inauspicious manner
  • one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • orifice discharge — Orifice discharge is a model for calculating how quickly a fluid will come out of a punctured vessel or pipe.
  • other fish to fry — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
  • out for the count — If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep.
  • overhead camshaft — a camshaft in an automotive engine that is located in the cylinder head over the engine block rather than in the block. Abbreviation: OHC.
  • overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • paratyphoid fever — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
  • peer of the realm — any of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • point of purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • point-of-purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • potato leafhopper — any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, especially potatoes.
  • preferential shop — a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.
  • proof of purchase — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have purchased or bought something
  • proof-of-purchase — a sales slip, label, box top, or other item associated with a product that is presentable as evidence of actual purchase, as for claiming a refund or rebate.
  • put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
  • receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
  • republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • rheumatoid factor — an antibody that is found in the blood of many persons afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis and that reacts against globulins in the blood.
  • right off the bat — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • roof of the world — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • rush one's fences — to proceed with precipitate haste
  • salt of the earth — an individual or group considered as representative of the best or noblest elements of society.
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