16-letter words containing h, a, f, t

north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the safe side — as a precaution
one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
phosphor fatigue — screen saver
physical fitness — good physical condition
prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
rate of exchange — exchange rate.
rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
sawn-off shotgun — A sawn-off shotgun is a shotgun on which the barrel has been cut short. Guns like this are often used by criminals because they can be easily hidden.
schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
shugart, alan f. — Alan F. Shugart
silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
slap in the face — smack on the cheek
soft in the head — stupid or foolish
soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
taft-hartley act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty-day injunction against strikes that endanger public health and safety and bans closed shops, featherbedding, secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, and certain other union practices.
take (to) flight — to run away; flee
take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
that's the stuff — that is what is needed
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the best part of — most of

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