12-letter words containing r, i, g, h, t, s
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- 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.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.