12-letter words containing h, i, n, g
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- bullfighting — Bullfighting is the public entertainment in which people try to kill bulls in bullfights.
- burning bush — a rutaceous shrub, Dictamnus fraxinella, of S Europe and Asia, whose glands release a volatile inflammable oil that can burn without harming the plant: identified as the bush from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4)
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- bushfighting — fighting in the bush
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- buttonholing — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- cachinnating — Present participle of cachinnate.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- ch-ien--lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
- chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- changing bag — a lightproof bag with openings made to fit closely around the arms, used in place of a darkroom in some photographic procedures.
- channelising — Present participle of channelise.
- channelizing — Present participle of channelize.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childminding — Childminding is looking after children when it is done by someone such as a childminder.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chimichangas — Plural form of chimichanga.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chinning bar — a piece of equipment used for doing pull-ups