12-letter words containing g, h, i, o, r
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- 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.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rhinorrhagia — an extreme nosebleed
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
- right-to-die — asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.