12-letter words containing g, i, r, t
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in agreement — of the same opinion
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the right — If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- inaugurating — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incinerating — Present participle of incinerate.
- incrassating — Present participle of incrassate.
- incrementing — Present participle of increment.
- infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- ingratiating — charming; agreeable; pleasing.
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.