12-letter words containing h, a, f, i
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm