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15-letter words containing i, f, t, h

  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
  • self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
  • self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
  • shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
  • six of the best — six strokes with a cane on the buttocks or hand
  • skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
  • spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
  • starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
  • the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
  • the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
  • the first thing — even one thing
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
  • the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
  • theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
  • thing-in-itself — reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. Compare noumenon (def 3).
  • think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • tightfistedness — the quality or state of being tightfisted
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
  • to hit the roof — If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
  • top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
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