12-letter words containing h, u, g
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- cheeseburger — A cheeseburger is a flat round piece of cooked meat called a burger with a slice of cheese on top, served in a bread roll.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)