12-letter words containing h, g, e, d
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
- right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
- right-minded — having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.
- right-to-die — asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- 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.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- 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.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- 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.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- stagger head — dropline.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.