12-letter words containing h, i, g, s, t
- high density — floppy disk
- high society — society (def 9).
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- it's nothing — it is not important
- 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.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.