12-letter words containing r, h, g
- mother goose — the fictitious author of a collection of nursery rhymes first published in London (about 1760) under the title of Mother Goose's Melody.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- night letter — former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- north bergen — a township in NE New Jersey.
- north riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- northborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- oligarchical — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum