12-letter words containing r, h, g
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- dining chair — high-backed chair used at dinner table
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dress length — a piece of material that is big enough to make a dress from
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-grazer — an asteroid in an orbit that takes it close to the earth
- 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.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- english horn — musical instrument: similar to oboe
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- evaporograph — an instrument which measures and records the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.