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12-letter words containing h, a, g, l

  • gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
  • get ahold of — to get in touch with
  • gjallar-horn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
  • glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
  • glassyheaded — smooth; bald
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
  • global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
  • glossography — a glossator.
  • glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
  • glyphography — a plate-making process in which an electrotype is made from an engraved copper plate
  • glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
  • goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
  • grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
  • graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
  • graham's law — the principle that the rates of diffusion and effusion of a gas are inversely proportional to the square root of its density, proposed by Thomas Graham (1805-69) in 1831
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
  • gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
  • h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
  • habilitating — Present participle of habilitate.
  • hagiological — Relating to hagiology.
  • haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
  • half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
  • half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
  • half-turning — split spindle.
  • hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
  • halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
  • hand luggage — carry-on baggage
  • hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
  • hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
  • handclapping — The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
  • hang gliding — the sport of launching oneself from a cliff or a steep incline and soaring through the air by means of a hang glider.
  • hang-gliding — Hang-gliding is the activity of flying in a hang-glider.
  • hanging wall — Mining. the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare footwall (def 1).
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • hard landing — Aeronautics. an uncontrolled or rough landing by an aircraft or spacecraft, usually resulting in damage.
  • hard linking — hard link
  • hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
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