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12-letter words containing h, o, a, g, l, n

  • homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
  • homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
  • hydroplaning — a seaplane.
  • juan hidalgoJuan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
  • kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
  • land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
  • landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
  • light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • long-handles — long underwear.
  • longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
  • lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
  • michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
  • pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
  • phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
  • zhang zuolin — Chang Tso-lin.
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