12-letter words containing h, u, g
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hug-me-tight — a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
- huggermugger — Alternative form of hugger-mugger.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hung up (on) — emotionally disturbed (by); neurotic, repressed, etc.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hungry puppy — Synonym slopsucker.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunter green — a dark green color of yellowish cast.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jump the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kanchenjunga — a mountain in S Asia, between NE India and Nepal, in the E Himalayas: third highest in the world. 28,169 feet (8586 meters).
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- 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)