13-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t, c
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- high-sticking — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- magnetic head — head (def 33).
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- michigan city — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan.
- microlighting — the sport or act of flying in microlights
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- no such thing — You can say there is no such thing as something to emphasize that it does not exist or is not possible.
- nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.