12-letter words containing a, s, i, g, h
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- 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.
- 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
- 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-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- 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 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.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- 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.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.