12-letter words containing r, e, f, s, h, i
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french twist — French roll.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- schrieffer's — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the flickers — the cinema
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair