11-letter words containing h, i, c
- fast-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively rapidly, utilized especially in actions requiring maximum effort of short duration, as sprinting (distinguished from slow-twitch).
- fax machine — facsimile machine
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- festschrift — (often initial capital letter) a volume of articles, essays, etc., contributed by many authors in honor of a colleague, usually published on the occasion of retirement, an important anniversary, or the like.
- fetishistic — belief in or use of fetishes.
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- fifth force — a theoretical force in nature in addition to the strong and weak forces, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
- file attach — [FidoNet] 1. A file sent along with a mail message from one BBS to another. 2. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.
- filthy rich — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
- fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flinchingly — With a flinching motion.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- forthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- franchisees — Plural form of franchisee.
- franchisers — Plural form of franchiser.
- franchising — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- french kiss — kiss with tongues
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- frenchified — Simple past tense and past participle of frenchify.
- frog orchid — any of several orchids having greenish flowers thought to resemble small frogs, esp Coeloglossum viride of calcareous turf
- fruit ranch — a farm where fruit is the main produce.
- ftp archive — archive site
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gegenschein — a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space.
- gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
- geochemical — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- get hitched — get married