13-letter words containing h, a, l, f, e
- formal theory — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- half the time — If you say that something is the case half the time you mean that it often is the case.
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- half-finished — ended or completed.
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
- halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
- hall of famer — a person who has been accepted into a Hall of Fame.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- life-changing — having major impact on sb
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mother of all — a female parent.
- of all others — above all others
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.