12-letter words containing h, e, l, g, r
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phlebography — venography.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- strengthless — lacking strength.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- 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
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- three-legged — having three legs: a three-legged stool.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc