12-letter words containing i, n, o, t, h, g
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- school night — any night of the week that precedes a day of school
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
- the ignition — the devices used to ignite the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc