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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
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