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14-letter words containing h, u, g, o

  • fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
  • follow through — the act of following.
  • follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
  • forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
  • george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
  • geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • get the bounce — to dismiss or be dismissed from a job
  • get through to — reach: on phone
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • gouda (cheese) — a mild, semisoft to hard cheese similar to Edam and sometimes coated with red wax
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • greenhouse gas — any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
  • group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
  • guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
  • have bought it — to be killed
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • hedgehog gourd — a prickly-stemmed Arabian vine, Cucumis dipsaceus, of the gourd family, having burlike, bristly fruit.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • hognosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
  • honours degree — a degree at honours level
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • household gods — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
  • housing estate — housing development.
  • housing market — property trade
  • housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
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