13-letter words containing h, i, g, s, o
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- heresiologist — a person who studies or writes about heresies.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- hook-swinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- ichthyologist — the branch of zoology dealing with fishes.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- in good hands — in protective care
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy