12-letter words containing h, i, g, t, e, c
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-pitched — Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- light client — thin client
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night office — the office for matins.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- the big city — a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.