12-letter words containing h, o, f, a
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- half-holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heart of oak — a brave person
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north-facing — facing towards the north