11-letter words containing s, h, e, f
- half-sleeve — a sleeve that reaches to around the elbow
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- hassle-free — without problems or bother
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- huffishness — The quality of being huffish.
- humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
- hurtfulness — The property of being hurtful.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- jellyfishes — Plural form of jellyfish.
- jewelfishes — Plural form of jewelfish.
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- killifishes — Plural form of killifish.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lanternfish — 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.
- leaf sheath — the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- net fishing — Fishing using a net, esp a large commercial drift net
- 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.
- 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.
- oxford shoe — oxford (def 1).
- oxfordshire — a county in S England. 1008 sq. mi. (2610 sq. km).