16-letter words containing h, o, f, e, i
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- 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.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee
- take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
- the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
- the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
- to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
- to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- wipe off the map — to put out of existence
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- zone of leaching — A horizon.