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12-letter words containing n, a, g, h

  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • pogonophoran — any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom.
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • pornographer — a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.
  • pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • pudding-head — a stupid person
  • punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
  • qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
  • racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
  • racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
  • reaching jib — genoa.
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • rhinorrhagia — an extreme nosebleed
  • rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
  • riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
  • right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
  • right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
  • right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
  • running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
  • running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scene change — a change of scene in a theatre, where one set is dismantled and another is erected
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
  • shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
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