15-letter words containing h, f
- center halfback — Field Hockey. the player in the middle among the halfbacks.
- certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
- champagne flute — a tall, thin champagne glass
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- change of venue — the removal of a trial out of one jurisdiction into another
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chef de cuisine — chef (def 1).
- chef de mission — the head of a diplomatic body
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- chewings fescue — a hardy, fine-leaved variety of fescue, Festuca rubra commutata, grown in the U.S. and New Zealand as a lawn grass.
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chief executive — the person with overall responsibility for the efficient running of a company, organization, etc
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- chief of police — (in the US) the head of a regional or municipal police department
- chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
- chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
- cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
- churchill falls — a waterfall in E Canada, in SW Labrador on the Churchill River: site of one of the largest hydroelectric power projects in the world. Height: 75 m (245 ft)
- citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
- cockfight chair — a chair designed to be sat on backward, having a bell seat and a crest rail that serves as an armrest.
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of arches — the court of appeal of the Province of Canterbury, formerly held under the arches of Bow Church
- court of honour — a military court that is instituted to investigate matters involving personal honour
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- crown of thorns — a climbing spurge, Euphorbia milii splendens, of Madagascar, having stems covered with spines.
- crown-of-thorns — a starfish, Acanthaster planci, that has a spiny test and feeds on living coral in coral reefs
- day of the dead — an annual celebration to honor the spirits of the dead, observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries on November 1 and 2, concurrently with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
- day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
- debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
- deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
- deferred charge — an expenditure shown as a cost of operation carried forward and written off in one or more future periods.
- definitive host — the organism on or in which a parasite lives in the adult stage
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- dichroic filter — an optical colour filter operating on the principle of wave interference between closely spaced reflecting surfaces, rather than by colour absorption
- dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
- disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
- disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.