12-letter words that end in f
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- howlin' wolf — (Chester Arthur Burnett) 1910–76, U.S. blues singer.
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in course of — in the process of
- in danger of — liable to
- in excess of — more than
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- in honour of — If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
- in memory of — to commemorate
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kill oneself — to overexert oneself
- knock it off — stop it
- lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
- lend oneself — to give support, cooperation, etc
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- lose oneself — to lose one's way; go astray; become bewildered
- luff on luff — a tackle composed of one luff attached to the fall of another.
- make game of — to make fun of; ridicule; mock
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
- off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- off-the-cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- optical diff — vdiff
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
- pilfer-proof — (of a supply, stock, container, etc) protected from or not susceptible to pilfering
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- police chief — chief of police: head of a US police force
- poplar bluff — a city in SE Missouri.
- possessed of — having
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- quarterstaff — a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
- rainbow roof — a gable roof in the form of a broad Gothic arch, with gently sloping convex surfaces.