14-letter words containing o, f, h, a, n

half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
half-lap joint — a joint between two timbers halved together so that a flush surface results.
half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
heart of stone — lack of compassion
heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
height of land — a watershed
holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
horn of africa — north-east African region
huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
humidification — to make humid.
hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
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)
john atanasoff — John Vincent Atanasoff
land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
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.
north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
on the surface — to all appearances
one's head off — loudly or excessively
out of fashion — no longer popular
ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
scotch furnace — ore hearth.
shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)

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