12-letter words containing h, i, g
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- chirographic — Of or relating to chirography.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chitchatting — light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chorographic — Relating to chorography.
- chorological — relating to the place where something can be found
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- circle graph — pie chart.
- civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- cliffhanging — Present participle of cliffhang.
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
- cohabitating — cohabit.
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph