12-letter words containing s, i, g, h, l
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- galahad, sir — Sir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
- gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- ghoulishness — The quality of being ghoulish.
- give sb hell — If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.
- gloss finish — a reflective or shiny surface, usually on a photograph but also sometimes on metal, paper, paint, etc
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- jingle shell — any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.