14-letter words containing f, r, e, h
- 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.
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- 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.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- off the record — making or affording a record.
- off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
- off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- out of nowhere — unexpectedly
- out of the ark — very old; out of date
- over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
- 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
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
- parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
- part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- ratchet effect — intermittent growth, increase, expansion, or the like: the ratchet effect of defense expenditures.
- rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- 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
- relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
- rest of esther — a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha consisting of verses in the Septuagint text of the book of Esther that are not in the Hebrew text
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.