10-letter words containing i, f, h
- flashlight — Also called, especially British, torch. a small, portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries, LEDs, or a tiny generator.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flat light — even front lighting of a subject, producing little contrast, no shadows, and no modeling.
- flat white — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and nonfrothy steamed milk.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- fleshiness — The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
- fleshlight — A vagina-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.
- fletchings — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flight bag — a lightweight shoulder bag designed for carrying sundries aboard an aircraft.
- flight box — a tool box containing tools and other equipment and necessaries for a person who flies radio-controlled model planes
- flight cap — a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.
- flight log — a record of a particular flight made by a plane or pilot
- flight pay — a pay supplement allowed by the U.S. Air Force to certain crew members who attain a minimum flight time per month.
- flightiest — Superlative form of flighty.
- flightless — incapable of flying: flightless birds such as the moa, rhea, and dodo.
- flintshire — a historic county in Clwyd, in NE Wales.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- flip phone — mobile telephone: clam-shell style
- floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- floorshift — a gearshift set into the floor of an automotive vehicle.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- fluid head — The fluid head is the pressure which is measured by the height to which fluid that is being pumped can be raised by the pressure.
- flunkeyish — resembling a flunkey
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- flush girt — a girt running parallel to joists and at the same level.
- fly orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys insectifera, whose flowers resemble and attract certain wasps: found in wood margins and scrub on lime-rich soils
- flyingfish — any of a family (Exocoetidae, order Atheriniformes) of chiefly warm-water, marine bony fishes with winglike pectoral fins that enable them to glide through the air
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyweights — Plural form of flyweight.
- folklorish — (colloquial) Typical or similar to folklore.
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.
- foolishest — Superlative form of foolish.
- footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort smith — a city in W Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- forthbring — (obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
- forthgoing — an instance of going forth
- forthright — going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.
- fortnights — Plural form of fortnight.
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- framingham — a town in E Massachusetts.
- franchisal — Pertaining to franchises.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- franchisee — a person or company to whom a franchise is granted.