12-letter words containing g, e, r, s, h
- 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.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longshoremen — Plural form of longshoreman.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- mother goose — the fictitious author of a collection of nursery rhymes first published in London (about 1760) under the title of Mother Goose's Melody.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- phraseograph — a phrase for which there is a phraseogram.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.