12-letter words containing h, e, r, t, f
- fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
- figure eight — figure eight.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flat-earther — a person who adheres to the idea that the earth is flat.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- free-hearted — light-hearted; spontaneous; frank; generous.
- free-thinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- freightliner — a train for transporting containerized freight.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- 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
- frighten off — scare away
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.