12-letter words containing a, s, g
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- have got sth — You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use 'got'.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- head massage — massage of the head
- head sherang — the boss; person in authority
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- 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
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herd's-grass — timothy or redtop, used for hay or pasture.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- higashiosaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, W of Osaka.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- hire charges — the amount of money it costs to hire something, such as a bike, car, etc
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.