13-letter words containing h, f
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- fill her tins — to complete a home baking of cakes, biscuits, etc
- fill the bill — a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- final whistle — sport: whistle indicating end of match
- finback whale — rorqual
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- finnan haddie — smoked haddock.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- first-nighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
- fisher of men — an evangelist
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- flame-thrower — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flash-forward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flashed glass — clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- flesh peddler — a prostitute.
- flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
- flesh-peddler — an employment agent or agency, especially one that recruits executives.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- floor-through — occupying the entire depth of a building: a floor-through apartment.
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluorochromes — Plural form of fluorochrome.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
- flutter wheel — a waterwheel at the bottom of a chute, turned by the falling water.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.