12-letter words containing a, h, i, g
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.