12-letter words containing s, h, i, f
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- french fries — thin fried sticks of potato
- 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.
- gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gloss finish — a reflective or shiny surface, usually on a photograph but also sometimes on metal, paper, paint, etc
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- high fashion — haute couture.
- 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.
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- 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
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky