12-letter words containing h, u, g, o
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- northborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- nothing much — not a lot
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out of sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- out-of-sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
- push through — force to accept
- put together — assemble
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.