12-letter words containing n, a, g, h
- tenth-grader — someone who is in their tenth year of education in the US
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the galilean — an epithet of Jesus Christ
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- the-stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- timing chain — a chain for driving the camshaft of an internal-combustion engine from the crankshaft.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- virginia ham — a ham from a hog fed on corn and peanuts, cured in hickory smoke.
- wagon-headed — of the form of a round arch or a semicylinder, like the cover of a wagon when stretched over the bows, as a ceiling or roof.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- wall hanging — a tapestry, carpet, or similar object hung against a wall as decoration; arras.
- waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- weight-train — to use weights to improve muscle performance
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- whare wanaga — a university