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12-letter words containing h, u, g

  • thoroughwort — boneset.
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
  • through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
  • through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
  • thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
  • 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.
  • touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
  • tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
  • tough it out — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
  • tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
  • ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
  • unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
  • unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
  • unfrightened — not frightened
  • unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • uninhibiting — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
  • unnourishing — not providing nourishment
  • unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
  • unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
  • unthought-of — simple past tense and past participle of unthink.
  • unthoughtful — showing consideration for others; considerate.
  • upright bass — double bass
  • urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
  • waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
  • walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
  • walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
  • well-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • westinghouseGeorge, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • wherethrough — through which; because of
  • white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
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