12-letter words containing h, i, g, l, n
- hill walking — the activity of walking through hilly country for pleasure
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologizing — Present participle of homologize.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hyperlinking — Present participle of hyperlink.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jingle shell — any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light client — thin client
- light engine — a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.