12-letter words containing h, i, n, g
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hyperlinking — Present participle of hyperlink.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in high gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the right — If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- 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.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- inward light — Inner Light.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- it's nothing — it is not important
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
- jingle shell — any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve.
- jogging shoe — an athletic shoe designed to be worn while jogging.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- king-whiting — northern kingfish.