10-letter words containing h, a, f, i
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- fraughting — Present participle of fraught.
- freakishly — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- freightage — the transportation of goods.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- gearshifts — Plural form of gearshift.
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- half hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half tiger — a five-rand coin
- half title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- half-blind — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- half-hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half-light — light that is about half its customary brightness, or that is partially dimmed or obscured: the half-light of early dawn; a room in half-light.
- half-liter — a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters.
- half-miler — a half-mile race.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
- half-right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- half-smile — a smile that is uncertain or short-lived
- half-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
- half-white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- han fei zu — died 233 bc, Chinese diplomat and philosopher of law
- handicraft — manual skill.
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- hardfisted — mean or miserly
- have a fit — become angry, upset
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- head-first — If you move head-first in a particular direction, your head is the part of your body that is furthest forward as you are moving.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- in a flash — very quickly, in an instant
- in fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- in feather — feathered
- infanthood — Infancy.
- infrahuman — less than human; subhuman.
- interfaith — of, operating, or occurring between persons belonging to different religions: an interfaith service.
- intrafaith — Taking place within or relevant to a single faith community.
- java finch — a finchlike weaverbird, Padda oryzivora, of southeastern Asia, having gray plumage tinged with pink on the belly, often kept as a cage bird.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.