13-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- in all things — In all things means in every situation and at all times.
- in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- in mid-flight — during a flight; whilst airborne
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- inhomogeneity — lack of homogeneity.
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- intertriglyph — metope.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kite fighting — (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- 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.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- light fitting — fixture for attaching a lamp
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light quantum — photon.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper