15-letter words containing l, e, f, t, h
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- press the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
- ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- see the last of — to see for the last time
- 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.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- 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.
- soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- the hell out of — Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- 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 little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- 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 fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
- to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
- top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- well-thought-of — highly esteemed; of good reputation: a well-thought-of scholar; This new book is well-thought-of.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.