12-letter words containing i, n, s, g, h
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- naughty bits — genitals
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- night sights — an optical instrument used to see and produce images in the dark
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- 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.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- 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.
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- 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.
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena