10-letter words containing h, a, l, f
- house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- in a flash — very quickly, in an instant
- la flesche — Susette (Inshta Theumba"Bright Eyes") 1854–1903, U.S. author, Native American activist, and lecturer.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- left heart — the half of the heart containing the left ventricle and left atrium, which supply oxygenated blood to all parts of the body
- lefthanded — Alternative spelling of left-handed.
- lefthander — Alternative spelling of left-hander.
- life coach — a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life: A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- lift shaft — the long vertical space through which a lift travels
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- low fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- neufchatel — a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- nonharmful — Not harmful.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- other half — the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made: a glimpse of how the other half lives.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- shamefully — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- stealthful — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- thalliform — resembling a thallus
- thankfully — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- unfaithful — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unfatherly — not fatherly; not characteristic or appropriate of a father
- unthankful — not thankful; ungrateful.
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive