12-letter words containing h, g, e
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemstitching — Present participle of hemstitch.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- herd's-grass — timothy or redtop, used for hay or pasture.
- hergesheimer — Joseph, 1880–1954, U.S. novelist.
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herring gull — a common, large gull, Larus argentatus, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heterozygote — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high density — floppy disk
- high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high society — society (def 9).