15-letter words containing h, f
- (at) first hand — from the original source; directly
- a heart of gold — If you say that someone has a heart of gold, you are emphasizing that they are very good and kind to other people.
- a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
- acanthus family — the plant family Acanthaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, clusters of tubular bracted flowers, and seeds sometimes dispersed by exploding fruit, including the acanthus, caricature, and shrimp plant.
- achilles reflex — ankle jerk.
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
- aftershave balm — a soothing lotion for application to the face after shaving
- aircraft hangar — a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
- alan f. shugart — (person) The man who founded Shugart Associates and later co-founded Seagate Technology. Alan Shugart left Shugart Associates in 1974 [did he quit or was he fired?] and took a break from the disk-drive business. In 1979, he and Finis Conner founded a new company that at first was called Shugart Technology and later Seagate Technology.
- alfred e. smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- all of a doodah — excited; agitated
- amaranth family — the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth.
- amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
- anne of bohemia — 1366–94, queen consort of Richard II of England
- antifashionable — not conforming to mainstream fashion
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
- at full stretch — If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away.
- at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
- at the mercy of — in the power of
- at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
- at the touch of — You use at the touch of in expressions such as at the touch of a button and at the touch of a key to indicate that something is possible by simply touching a switch or one of the keys of a keyboard.
- auf wiedersehen — goodbye, until we see each other again
- axiom of choice — the axiom of set theory that given any collection of disjoint sets, a set can be so constructed that it contains one element from each of the given sets.
- bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
- bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
- beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
- before the fact — before the commission of the offence
- before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
- before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
- belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
- big white chief — an important person, boss, or leader
- biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
- board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- book of changes — an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.
- branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
- breach of faith — a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith.
- breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
- bridge of sighs — a covered 16th-century bridge in Venice, between the Doges' Palace and the prisons, through which prisoners were formerly led to trial or execution
- bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
- butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
- caffe macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
- canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
- cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
- catarrhal fever — bluetongue.
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
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