12-letter words containing h, o, a, g, i, e
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.