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11-letter words containing h, f

  • sixty-fifth — next after the sixty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 65.
  • smoke shelf — a ledge at the bottom of a smoke chamber, so made as to deflect or break downdrafts from the chimney.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
  • soft cheese — a type of cheese that is made in a relatively short time and has a soft, creamy or almost runny texture
  • soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
  • soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
  • softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • soothfastly — in a soothfast manner
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
  • spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
  • speech form — linguistic form.
  • speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
  • speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • splashproof — resistant to splashing
  • split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • stick shift — a manually operated transmission for an automotive vehicle, with the shift lever set either in the floor or on the steering column.
  • stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
  • strengthful — full of strength, strong
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • swing shift — a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight.
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • syrphid fly — any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids.
  • syrphus fly — any of a family (Syrphidae) of dipterous flies, many of which mimic bees or wasps: the adults feed on nectar and pollen, and the larvae of various species feed on plant lice, plants, etc.
  • tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
  • take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • take fright — be scared off
  • test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft.
  • that's life — expressing acceptance of fate
  • the defence — the action of protecting oneself, one's goal, or one's allotted part of the playing area against an opponent's attacks
  • the fact is — You use the fact is or the fact of the matter is to introduce and draw attention to a summary or statement of the most important point about what you have been saying.
  • the fidgets — restless, uneasy feelings or movements
  • the fifteen — the Jacobite rising of 1715
  • the fifties — the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty-nine
  • the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
  • the flemish — the Flemings collectively
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
  • the like of — any person or thing like
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the offense — the team that has possession of the ball
  • the offside — the side of a vehicle nearest the centre of the road (in Britain, the right side)
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