12-letter words containing i, n, s, g, h
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- 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.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- it's nothing — it is not important
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jingle shell — any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve.
- jogging shoe — an athletic shoe designed to be worn while jogging.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.