16-letter words containing h, f
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
- old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
- on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
- on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- on the stroke of — punctually at
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- out of the money — If an investment is out of the money, it would be a loss if it was sold.
- out of the woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
- pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
- philip of swabia — 1180?–1208, king of Germany and uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1208 (son of Frederick I).
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- physical fitness — good physical condition
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- preference share — a share of preferred stock.
- prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- put sb/sth first — If you put someone or something first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
- quick as a flash — If you say that someone reacts to something quick as a flash, you mean that they react to it extremely quickly.
- rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
- rate of exchange — exchange rate.
- red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
- refresher course — a study course serving as a review of previous education.
- refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
- rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- sawn-off shotgun — A sawn-off shotgun is a shotgun on which the barrel has been cut short. Guns like this are often used by criminals because they can be easily hidden.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schreiner finish — a lustrous surface imparted to a fabric by schreinerizing.
- scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
- sea fish farming — the farming of saltwater fish
- self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.