12-letter words containing n, i, h, l
- english self — a breed of short-haired guinea pig that is a single colour throughout
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- enlightening — Present participle of enlighten.
- eosinophilia — An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia.
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- ethanolamine — (chemistry) a hydroxy-amine, HO.CH2.CH2.NH2, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- ethnologists — Plural form of ethnologist.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- exhilaration — A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
- failing that — You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fall in with — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- faneuil hall — a market house and public hall in Boston, Massachusetts, called “the Cradle of Liberty” because it was used as a meeting place by American patriots immediately before the Revolutionary War.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- freightliner — a train for transporting containerized freight.