11-letter words containing t, h, e, n, r
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- fear-naught — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- featherbone — a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls.
- fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- foreshorten — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
- freethinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- frighteners — Plural form of frightener.
- frightening — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- furtherment — The act or process of furthering; furtherance.
- gangsterish — (informal) Gangsterlike.
- garden path — paved walkway
- garden-path — noting or pertaining to a sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly because its beginning suggests it has an interpretation that it clearly does not have.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- get nowhere — make no progress
- gnatcatcher — any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- green earth — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of iron silicate, characterized chiefly by its variable grayish-green hue, lack of tinting strength, and permanence.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green thumb — an exceptional aptitude for gardening or for growing plants successfully: Houseplants provide much pleasure for the city dweller with a green thumb.
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenhearts — Plural form of greenheart.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- hammerstein — Oscar, 1847?–1919, U.S. theatrical manager, born in Germany.
- hammerstone — an ancient stone tool used as a hammer, as for chipping flint, processing food, or breaking up bones.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
- handcrafted — handicraft.