12-letter words containing h, o, r, l, g
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- high-rolling — gambling, spending, or living extravagantly or recklessly: high-rolling gamblers; a high-rolling investor.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hornswoggler — Agent noun of hornswoggle: one who hornswoggles.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydrogeology — the science dealing with the occurrence and distribution of underground water.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- 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]>.
- 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
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longshoremen — Plural form of longshoreman.
- look through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- loop through — loop
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.