14-letter words containing h, o, f
- floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- 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.
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
- follow through — the act of following.
- follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
- 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
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- football match — a match played between two football teams
- football pitch — ground where soccer is played
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- for the better — by way of improvement
- for the moment — for now
- for the record — officially, openly
- for the use of — If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortune hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortune-hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
- fourth of july — Independence Day.
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- free of charge — having no cost
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- french morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- french oceania — former name of French Polynesia.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- from the floor — during the time of a game when active defense is permitted
- front of house — restaurant
- frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
- full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb