12-letter words containing o, r, i, g, n
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- in good form — fit, healthy
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incongruence — not congruent.
- incongruency — Incongruence.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incorrigibly — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- intercollege — intercollegiate.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.