13-letter words containing l, o, g, r, h
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- heresiologist — a person who studies or writes about heresies.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hold together — not fall apart
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- homalographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- homolographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
- horatio alger — of or characteristic of the heroes in the novels of Horatio Alger, who begin life in poverty and achieve success and wealth through honesty, hard work, and virtuous behavior: the Horatio Alger story of his rise in the business world.
- hornswogglers — Plural form of hornswoggler.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- horologically — of or relating to horology.
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lightning rod — a rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- live together — cohabit
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- microhomology — (genetics) The presence of the same short sequence of bases in different genes.
- microlighting — the sport or act of flying in microlights
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.