12-letter words containing h, a, i, l, f
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- horrifically — causing horror.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
- without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.