12-letter words containing h, e, d, f
- fitted sheet — a sheet with ends that are elasticated and shaped to fit tightly over a mattress
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- free-hearted — light-hearted; spontaneous; frank; generous.
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fuzzy-headed — not given to clear thinking; foolish.
- get ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- half a dozen — six
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-hearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will