12-letter words containing g, e, o, c, h
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- 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 society — society (def 9).
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- 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.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- long clothes — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- 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).
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- night office — the office for matins.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- 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