12-letter words containing g, h, i, o, r
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- 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).
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- north riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- oligarchical — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- 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.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- 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.
- 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.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.