13-letter words containing h, i, g, r, a
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- marching band — musical group that parades
- marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.