12-letter words containing h, i, g, e, n, r
- 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.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- 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.
- night letter — former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- 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.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- reaching jib — genoa.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- 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
- rhyming game — a game played using rhyme