12-letter words containing h, e, u, g
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- 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.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- put together — assemble
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- 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
- 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.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.