16-letter words containing f, r, o, h, a

for the meantime — For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens.
forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
force one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
foreign exchange — commercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
fort sam houston — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in San Antonio, Tex.
forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
french cameroons — Cameroun (def 2).
french indochina — an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
from one's heart — very sincerely or deeply
geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
half life period — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
hare's-foot fern — a fern, Polypodium aureum, of tropical America, having a brown, scaly rootstock and green or deep bluish-green fronds.
harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
have no time for — not tolerate
hawthorne effect — a positive change in the performance of a group of persons taking part in an experiment or study due to their perception of being singled out for special consideration.
head normal form — (theory, reduction) (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
hell for leather — If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly.
hell-for-leather — characterized by reckless determination or breakneck speed: The sheriff led the posse in a hell-for-leather chase.
high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
homme d'affaires — a businessman.
horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
how's that for…? — is this satisfactory as regards…?
hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
joachim of fiore — ?1132–1202 ad, Italian mystic and philosopher, best known for teaching that history can be divided into three ages, those of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
la rochefoucauld — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 6th Duc de, 1613–80, French moralist and composer of epigrams and maxims.
leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.

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