12-letter words containing h, i, g, l, o
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- 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.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lyophilizing — Present participle of lyophilize.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- moonlighting — the light of the moon.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night people — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
- oligarchical — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
- 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
- phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- physiologist — a specialist in physiology.