13-letter words containing i, n, o, t, h, g
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- for one thing — the first reason is
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- ghettoization — The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- heterogeneity — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.