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14-letter words containing h, i, l

  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • field-to-wheel — relating to all phases of biofuel production and use from growing to combustion
  • fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
  • fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
  • finishing line — In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
  • finishing nail — a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flight capital — funds transferred abroad in order to avoid high taxes or to provide for a person's needs if flight from the country becomes necessary
  • flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
  • flight feather — one of the large, stiff feathers of the wing and tail of a bird that are essential to flight.
  • flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
  • flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
  • focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • football pitch — ground where soccer is played
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
  • gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
  • genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
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