13-letter words containing h, a, l, f, t
- the fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- to fall short — If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
- traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.