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11-letter words containing o, f, h, e

  • off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
  • off the top — from gross income
  • off-the-job — done, received, or happening away from or while not at one's job: off-the-job research.
  • off-the-peg — ready-to-wear.
  • offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
  • officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
  • offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
  • old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
  • on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
  • on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
  • on the hoof — (of livestock) alive
  • overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
  • overfraught — too fraught
  • overfreight — to load too heavily
  • oxford shoe — oxford (def 1).
  • oxfordshire — a county in S England. 1008 sq. mi. (2610 sq. km).
  • phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
  • proof sheet — a printer's proof.
  • proud flesh — granulation tissue.
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
  • roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
  • rose chafer — a tan scarabaeid beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosis, that feeds on the flowers and foliage of roses, grapes, peach trees, etc.
  • rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
  • safe harbor — a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
  • safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
  • schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
  • school fees — the money paid for a person to go to school
  • school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
  • scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
  • second-half — happening in the second half of a game
  • sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
  • shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
  • shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • shot effect — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
  • showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
  • shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
  • smoke shelf — a ledge at the bottom of a smoke chamber, so made as to deflect or break downdrafts from the chimney.
  • soft cheese — a type of cheese that is made in a relatively short time and has a soft, creamy or almost runny texture
  • soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
  • soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
  • softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
  • speech form — linguistic form.
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
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