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11-letter words containing h, a, t, f

  • idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
  • if anything — on the contrary
  • in the face — head on, directly
  • infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
  • infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • lanternfish — 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.
  • leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
  • leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
  • leaf sheath — the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem
  • leatherfish — a filefish.
  • leatherleaf — an evergreen shrub, Chamaedaphne calyculata, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and one-sided clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers, occurring in bogs in North America.
  • left-handed — having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
  • left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
  • light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
  • light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
  • lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
  • mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
  • matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one
  • moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • mothercraft — skill and knowledge in looking after children
  • nightfaring — journeying at night, travelling abroad by night
  • ninth of av — Tishah b'Av.
  • not hear of — to forbid or refuse to consider
  • of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
  • off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • off the bat — straight away, from the very start
  • off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
  • on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
  • out of hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • overfraught — too fraught
  • panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
  • parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
  • pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
  • ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
  • rough draft — writing: unfinished version
  • safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
  • schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
  • sea feather — any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony assumes a featherlike shape.
  • sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
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