17-letter words containing h, e, l, f, o, r
- lower forty-eight — the forty-eight conterminous states of the United States
- middle of nowhere — a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
- overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
- peer of the realm — any of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
- pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
- potato leafhopper — any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, especially potatoes.
- preferential shop — a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.
- republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- roof of the world — Tibet, Plateau of.
- salt of the earth — an individual or group considered as representative of the best or noblest elements of society.
- scarlet firethorn — a Eurasian evergreen, thorny shrub, Pyracantha coccinea, of the rose family, having white, hairy flower clusters and bright red berries.
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- star of bethlehem — the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
- star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
- sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
- sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
- take to the floor — If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
- tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2
- the factory floor — all the workers in a factory
- the first line of — If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
- the life of riley — If you say that someone is living the life of Riley, you mean that they have a very easy and comfortable life with few worries.
- the mother of all — something regarded as the biggest, most impressive, or most important of (its kind)
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- through the floor — If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
- to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
- willow flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
- youthful offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.