12-letter words containing g, i, t, c, h
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- 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.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light client — thin client
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithological — Of or pertaining to lithology.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night office — the office for matins.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothing much — not a lot
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- 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.
- 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.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis