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12-letter words containing h, i, t, e, g

  • three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
  • thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
  • through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
  • throw weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
  • throw-weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
  • tiger mother — a strict mother, especially an East Asian, who demands academic excellence and obedience from her children.
  • tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
  • tight-lipped — speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
  • timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
  • 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.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
  • twenty-eight — a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • unfrightened — not frightened
  • unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
  • weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
  • weathertight — secure against wind, rain, etc.
  • weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
  • weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
  • weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
  • weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
  • weightlifter — (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
  • welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
  • 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.
  • white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
  • white flight — the movement of white people, especially middle-class white people, from inner-city neighborhoods undergoing racial integration to the suburbs.
  • white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
  • white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
  • white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
  • whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
  • wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
  • wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
  • winter hedge — a clothes horse
  • winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
  • yellow light — a yellow traffic light, usually preceding a signal halting traffic in a particular direction.
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