12-letter words containing h, e, f, t, s
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- french twist — French roll.
- french-style — French-cut.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- 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.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- offset sheet — a rubber-coated sheet in an offset press which acts as the intermediate surface to transfer the impression to the paper
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- refresh rate — (hardware) (Or "vertical refresh rate", "vertical scan rate") The maximum number of frames that can be displayed on a monitor in a second, expressed in Hertz. The scan rate is controlled by the vertical sync signal generated by the video controller, ordering the monitor to position the electron gun at the upper left corner of the raster, ready to paint another frame. It is limited by the monitor's maximum horizontal scan rate and the resolution, since higher resolution means more scan lines. Increasing the refresh rate decreases flickering, reducing eye strain, but few people notice any change above 60-72 Hz.
- refreshments — something that refreshes, especially food or drink.