12-letter words containing g, r, i, t, c, h
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- 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.
- 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.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- 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.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.