12-letter words containing r, h, g
- welterweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a lightweight and a middleweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 147 pounds (67 kg).
- wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whare wanaga — a university
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whereagainst — against which
- wherethrough — through which; because of
- whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
- white ginger — a tall plant, Hedychium coronarium, of the ginger family, native to tropical Asia, having long, broad leaves and showy, fragrant white flowers.
- white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- whole-hogger — a person who is whole-heartedly committed to something
- whore-monger — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- whoremongers — Plural form of whoremonger.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- winter hedge — a clothes horse
- winterweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
- work through — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrong-headed — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- wrought iron — a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded.
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.