16-letter words containing i, f, h
- foreign exchange — commercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
- forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
- formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
- forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
- forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
- four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
- fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
- franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
- francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
- franking machine — a machine that franks letters
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
- freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
- french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
- french indochina — an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- friedrich engels — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- friedrich wohler — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1800–82, German chemist.
- ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- functional shift — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
- go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
- good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- half life period — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.
- haptic interface — (interface, hardware) A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
- harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- have a field day — If someone is having a field day, they are very busy doing something that they enjoy, even though it may be hurtful for other people.
- have no time for — not tolerate
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
- heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
- hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
- homme d'affaires — a businessman.
- hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
- horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- house of worship — house of God.