12-letter words containing h, o, f, e
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- frighten off — scare away
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- get ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- get off with — kiss
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- half a dozen — six
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- 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-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.
- 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.
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- 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 profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- hog's fennel — any of several Eurasian umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Peucedanum, esp P. officinale, having clusters of small whitish flowers
- 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.
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- homoflexible — Primarily homosexual, but willing to take part in a limited amount of heterosexual activity.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- house of god — Also called house of worship, house of prayer. a building devoted to religious worship; a church, synagogue, temple, chapel, etc.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80