12-letter words containing h, e, i, g, t
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- 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.
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- 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.
- hug-me-tight — a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the right — If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- light client — thin client
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light engine — a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons
- light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-headed — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- light-weight — light displacement.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter