11-letter words containing t, h, e
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flight line — an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars.
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- forefathers — Plural form of forefather.
- foregathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foregather.
- foremothers — Plural form of foremother.
- 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.
- foresighted — Having or using foresight.
- forest hill — a town in N Texas.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- forethought — thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
- forgathered — Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- forty-eight — a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- forty-three — a cardinal number, 40 plus 3.
- foster home — a household in which a child is raised by someone other than its natural or adoptive parent.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- foulmouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
- fourth-rate — of very low quality, value, or rank
- free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
- free weight — a weight used for weightlifting, as a dumbbell, whose motion is not constrained by external apparatus.
- freehearted — Liberal; unrestrained.
- 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.
- freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
- freeze-etch — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze etching.
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- 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
- fresh water — water that is not salty
- 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.