12-letter words containing i, n, g, o, a
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- iconological — Of or pertaining to iconology.
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- impassioning — Present participle of impassion.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- incognisance — Alternative spelling of incognizance.
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incognizance — Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- indignations — Plural form of indignation.
- indigo snake — a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.