16-letter words containing i, n, o, f, t, h
- in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
- intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- king of the hill — a game in which each player attempts to climb to the top of some point, as a mound of earth, and to prevent all others from pushing or pulling him or her off the top.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
- lily-of-the-nile — a plant, Agapanthus africanus, of the amaryllis family, native to Africa, having large umbels of blue flowers.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
- not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
- nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- think nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.