12-letter words containing g, o, a, t
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- have a go at — attack verbally
- have got sth — You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use 'got'.
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- illogicality — illogic.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- 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-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.