12-letter words containing h, o, g, d
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- north riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right-to-die — asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- the go-ahead — permission to proceed
- the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine