13-letter words containing h, f, e, a
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- halfheartedly — Without enthusiasm nor interest.
- halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
- hall of famer — a person who has been accepted into a Hall of Fame.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- head of water — a quantity of water
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
- heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- life-changing — having major impact on sb
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- make mischief — cause trouble