12-letter words containing h, i, g, o, r, s
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- 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.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- 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.
- 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.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- 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.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes