12-letter words containing h, i, g, s, t
- the thing is — You say the thing is to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion, that relates to something that has just been said. The thing is is often used to identify a problem relating to what has just been said.
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thinkingness — the quality of being thoughtful or capable of rational or intellectual thought
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- to sit tight — If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen.
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- upright bass — double bass
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whereagainst — against which
- white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.