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14-letter words containing h, o, r, i, f

  • from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
  • 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.
  • group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • 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.
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • 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 your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • horn of africa — north-east African region
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
  • isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • nothing for it — no choice; no other course
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
  • phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
  • point of honor — an issue that affects one's honor, reputation, etc.: It was a point of honor with him to avenge any insult to his family.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • rafraichissoir — a table of the 18th century having a cooler for bottles and shelves for plates.
  • raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
  • ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
  • ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • sigh of relief — audible breath when difficulty is over
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
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