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13-letter words containing g, i, l, n, h

  • galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
  • gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gilmore, john — John Gilmore
  • girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
  • go along with — permit, consent to
  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
  • hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hanging plant — a plant that grows downwards or hangs, often from a hanging basket or a high surface
  • hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
  • heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
  • heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
  • heilong jiang — Amur.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
  • hemagglutinin — A substance, such as a viral protein, that causes hemagglutination.
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • hill climbing — Computer
  • homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
  • honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
  • hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
  • hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
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