12-letter words containing n, i, g, h
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- eighteenthly — in the eighteenth place
- eighty-seven — a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- engine house — a building in which engines, as fire engines, railroad locomotives, etc., are housed
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
- english self — a breed of short-haired guinea pig that is a single colour throughout
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enlightening — Present participle of enlighten.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- ethnogenesis — The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- ethnologists — Plural form of ethnologist.
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- extinguished — Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- extinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinguish.
- eye-catching — Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable.
- failing that — You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- fighting fit — If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy.
- fighting top — one of the gun platforms on the lower masts of sailing men-of-war, used in attacking the crew of an enemy ship with swivel guns and muskets
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish