12-letter words containing r, h, g
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pogonophoran — any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polarography — Chemistry. the use of a Polarograph to perform qualitative or quantitative analyses.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
- pornographer — a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- push through — force to accept
- put together — assemble
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
- rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
- reaching jib — genoa.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.