12-letter words containing c, h, i, n, g, o
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- get in touch — make contact
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- home cooking — home-made food
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- night office — the office for matins.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothing much — not a lot
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.