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14-letter words containing l, e, f, t, h

  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
  • follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
  • freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • from the floor — during the time of a game when active defense is permitted
  • fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
  • get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
  • heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
  • hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  • insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
  • isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
  • kettle of fish — an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish!
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
  • light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
  • line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
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