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14-letter words containing h, o, f

  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
  • game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
  • get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
  • get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
  • group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
  • guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-lap joint — a joint between two timbers halved together so that a flush surface results.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hats off to sb — If you say 'Hats off to someone', you are expressing admiration for them.
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • heart of stone — lack of compassion
  • heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
  • heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
  • hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
  • hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
  • holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
  • home-from-home — a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as a person's own home
  • honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
  • hopfield model — Hopfield network
  • horn of africa — north-east African region
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
  • house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
  • house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
  • house of study — Beth Midrash.
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