15-letter words containing h, a, l, f, e
- phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pine leaf aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
- see the last of — to see for the last time
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shield of david — a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism.
- shockwave flash — flash
- shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
- to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
- to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.