13-letter words containing i, h, e, a
- finback whale — rorqual
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- finnan haddie — smoked haddock.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frisches haff — a lagoon in N Poland. 52 miles (84 km) long; 4–12 miles (6–19 km) wide.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- game-changing — having the potential to change significantly the outcome of something
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.