10-letter words containing n, f
- greenstuff — paper money.
- griffinish — indicative of a griffin, being a newcomer to the Orient
- griffinism — the quality of having griffinish characteristics, or the condition of being a griffin
- griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground fog — a low, often dense fog, especially one through which the sky and clouds above can be seen.
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gunfighter — a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-blind — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
- half-drunk — being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.
- half-eaten — a past participle of eat.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- half-human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- half-meant — simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- half-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- half-plane — the part of the plane on one side of a straight line of infinite length in the plane.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- han fei zu — died 233 bc, Chinese diplomat and philosopher of law
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- handfasted — Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- hands-free — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- harden off — to accustom (a cultivated plant) or (of such a plant) to become accustomed to outdoor conditions by repeated exposure
- hausfrauen — a housewife.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- highflying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- holofernes — (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.
- home front — the civilian sector of a nation at war when its armed forces are in combat abroad.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- housefront — the façade of a house