13-letter words containing h, i, g, s, o
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- do-nothingism — the policy or practice of opposing a specific measure or change simply by refusing to consider or act on proposals; deliberate obstructionism.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- food shopping — shopping to buy food
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gastrorrhagia — (medical) A hemorrhage from the stomach, also known as a gastric hemorrhage.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- globe thistle — any of various Old World, thistlelike, composite plants of the genus Echinops, having dense heads of tubular blue or white flowers.
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
- hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
- hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.