12-letter words containing g, u, t, h, r
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- push through — force to accept
- put together — assemble
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rush through — If you rush something through, you deal with it quickly so that it is ready in a shorter time than usual.
- rust-through — an act or instance of rusting: The body of the car is protected against rust-through.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- show-through — the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slip through — be undetected
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- therethrough — (of a place) through it; through them