13-letter words containing l, e, f, t, h
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- off the shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- off-the-shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- play the fool — behave in a silly way
- reel of three — (in Scottish country dancing) a figure-of-eight movement danced by three people
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- return flight — a flight going back
- right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
- right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
- right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- take the fall — to be blamed, punished, or imprisoned
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the beautiful — the quality of beauty
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- unhurtfulness — the state of being unhurtful
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.