13-letter words containing g, e, t, o
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
- heterozygotes — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
- heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- hierogrammate — a writer of hierograms
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- high-velocity — having an above average velocity
- hold together — not fall apart
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- honest to god — real or genuine.
- honest-to-god — real or genuine.
- horatio alger — of or characteristic of the heroes in the novels of Horatio Alger, who begin life in poverty and achieve success and wealth through honesty, hard work, and virtuous behavior: the Horatio Alger story of his rise in the business world.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- inhomogeneity — lack of homogeneity.
- insectologist — a person who studies insectology
- intercropping — Present participle of intercrop.
- intercrossing — Present participle of intercross.
- interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
- interiorizing — Present participle of interiorize.