12-letter words containing h, i, g, e
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hair-trigger — easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- harbingering — Present participle of harbinger.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- hedgehopping — Present participle of hedgehop.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.