13-letter words containing r, i, n, g, s, h
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- high-interest — (of a loan, mortgage, etc) to be repaid at a high rate of interest
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- irish english — the English language as spoken in Ireland; Hiberno-English.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- miner's right — a licence to prospect for minerals, esp gold