12-letter words containing h, g, e
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-pitched — Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hire charges — the amount of money it costs to hire something, such as a bike, car, etc
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hog's fennel — any of several Eurasian umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Peucedanum, esp P. officinale, having clusters of small whitish flowers
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- homogenizing — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- honey badger — ratel.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeymooning — (of a married couple) On a honeymoon.
- hong kongese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hong Kong, its people, or their languages
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hornswoggler — Agent noun of hornswoggle: one who hornswoggles.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company