10-letter words containing f, o, r, h
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- hold forth — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holofernes — (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.
- home fries — pan-fried potatoes
- home front — the civilian sector of a nation at war when its armed forces are in combat abroad.
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- horseflesh — the flesh of a horse.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsethief — Alternative spelling of horse thief.
- housefront — the façade of a house
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- john firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- microfiche — a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.
- mothproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mothproof.
- mowrah fat — a yellow, semifluid fat expressed from the seeds of several trees of the genus Madhuca, used in making soap and as an adulterant in butter.
- nonharmful — Not harmful.
- northfield — a town in SE Minnesota.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- of a truth — certainly
- offshoring — the practice of moving employees or certain business activities to foreign countries as a way to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc.: the offshoring of software jobs to China.
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- other half — the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made: a glimpse of how the other half lives.
- our father — Lord's Prayer.
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire