12-letter words containing r, i, g, h
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handwringing — a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- 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.
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hergesheimer — Joseph, 1880–1954, U.S. novelist.
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herring gull — a common, large gull, Larus argentatus, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.