12-letter words containing r, h, g
- greek church — Greek Orthodox Church (def 1).
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- greenishness — The quality of being greenish.
- greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- griffin-hood — (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gut-churning — nerve-wracking
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gyro horizon — artificial horizon (def 3).
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- haemorrhages — Plural form of haemorrhage.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- hair-raising — terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
- hair-trigger — easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- harbingering — Present participle of harbinger.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard landing — Aeronautics. an uncontrolled or rough landing by an aircraft or spacecraft, usually resulting in damage.
- hard linking — hard link
- hard-hitting — striking or capable of striking with force.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.