12-letter words containing h, y, g, i
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- giddy-headed — giddy (def 1).
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- give the eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gyro horizon — artificial horizon (def 3).
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high density — floppy disk
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeymooning — (of a married couple) On a honeymoon.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.