11-letter words containing t, h, o, f
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
- mothercraft — skill and knowledge in looking after children
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- mothproofer — an agent that prevents moths from destroying materials or garments
- ninth of av — Tishah b'Av.
- north of 60 — the area of Canada lying north of a latitude of °N
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- not hear of — to forbid or refuse to consider
- not much of — not to any appreciable degree or extent
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- of the hour — most prominent at this time
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- off the bat — straight away, from the very start
- off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
- off the top — from gross income
- off-the-job — done, received, or happening away from or while not at one's job: off-the-job research.
- off-the-peg — ready-to-wear.
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
- on the hoof — (of livestock) alive
- out of hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- outfighting — a battle or combat.
- overfraught — too fraught
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- photoflight — pertaining to a flight made for the purpose of aerial photography.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- proof sheet — a printer's proof.
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
- safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.