11-letter words containing h, e, f
- featheredge — an edge that thins out like a feather.
- featherhead — featherbrain.
- featherless — Having no feathers.
- featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- feedthrough — a connector used to pass a conductor through a circuit board or enclosure.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- festschrift — (often initial capital letter) a volume of articles, essays, etc., contributed by many authors in honor of a colleague, usually published on the occasion of retirement, an important anniversary, or the like.
- fetishising — Present participle of fetishise.
- fetishistic — belief in or use of fetishes.
- fetishizing — Present participle of fetishize.
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- fiddleheads — Plural form of fiddlehead.
- fiddlerfish — any of several guitarfishes, especially Trygonorhina fasciata, of Australia.
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- fifteenthly — in the fifteenth place or position
- fifth force — a theoretical force in nature in addition to the strong and weak forces, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
- fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
- fifth wheel — a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane.
- fifty-eight — a cardinal number, 50 plus 8.
- fifty-three — a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
- fight-o-net — (messaging) A distortion of FidoNet, often applied after a flurry of flamage in a particular echo, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews.
- fighter jet — a jet fighter, or fighter plane propelled by a jet engine
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- file attach — [FidoNet] 1. A file sent along with a mail message from one BBS to another. 2. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.
- fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- finish line — a line marking the end of a race.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- fire hazard — an object, building etc that could easily catch fire or cause a fire and thereby endanger life
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- firefighter — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fish farmer — someone who rears fish for commercial purposes
- fish finger — Fish fingers are small long pieces of fish covered in breadcrumbs. They are usually sold in frozen form.
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- fish manure — solid waste from fish, used as a fertilizer
- fish market — a market selling fish
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisher king — (in the story of Percival) the custodian of the Grail.