12-letter words containing s, h, o, g, i, n
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- it's nothing — it is not important
- jogging shoe — an athletic shoe designed to be worn while jogging.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- 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.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.