11-letter words containing h, f, e, a
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
- haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
- hail-fellow — Also, hail fellow, hail-fellow well met. a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
- half an eye — a modicum of perceptiveness
- half asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half relief — mezzo-relievo.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half volley — tennis: returning ball after it bounces
- half-asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half-boiled — drunk.
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-bushel — a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).
- half-circle — one half of a circle
- half-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- half-decade — a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- half-filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- half-frozen — extremely cold
- half-hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sleeve — a sleeve that reaches to around the elbow
- half-volley — (in tennis, racquets, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is hit the moment it bounces from the ground.
- half-witted — feeble-minded.
- half-yearly — Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halfendeale — a half portion of something
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- han fei-tzu — died 233 b.c, Chinese philosopher and legal theorist.
- handcrafted — handicraft.