12-letter words containing h, a, l, f
- 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.
- kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- 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.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- mischanceful — unlucky
- not half bad — very good
- of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
- off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
- off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- 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.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- 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
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- the far left — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
- the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- thrust fault — a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.