12-letter words containing g, o, t, h, i, c
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- 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.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- 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).
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- 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.
- 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
- photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.