12-letter words containing s, h, e, f
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hog's fennel — any of several Eurasian umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Peucedanum, esp P. officinale, having clusters of small whitish flowers
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- house of god — Also called house of worship, house of prayer. a building devoted to religious worship; a church, synagogue, temple, chapel, etc.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- 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.
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offset sheet — a rubber-coated sheet in an offset press which acts as the intermediate surface to transfer the impression to the paper
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- 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.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae