14-letter words containing h, f

left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
light aircraft — A light aircraft is a small aeroplane that is designed to carry a small number of passengers or a small amount of goods.
light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
mazar-i-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan.
mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
mouths to feed — family members, dependents
north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
nothing for it — no choice; no other course
nothing if not — You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
off the record — making or affording a record.
off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
on the surface — to all appearances
one's head off — loudly or excessively

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