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16-letter words containing t, h, e, f, i

  • not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
  • not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
  • on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
  • on the safe side — as a precaution
  • on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • physical fitness — good physical condition
  • prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
  • rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
  • ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
  • slap in the face — smack on the cheek
  • soft in the head — stupid or foolish
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
  • take (to) flight — to run away; flee
  • take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
  • thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the first family — a President's family
  • the first fruits — The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
  • the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
  • the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
  • the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
  • the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
  • the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
  • the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
  • theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
  • throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
  • to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
  • to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
  • wipe off the map — to put out of existence
  • wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
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