12-letter words containing s, i, g
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- 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.
- hemstitching — Present participle of hemstitch.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hergesheimer — Joseph, 1880–1954, U.S. novelist.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- higashiosaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, W of Osaka.
- 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 density — floppy disk
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- 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.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- hire charges — the amount of money it costs to hire something, such as a bike, car, etc
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- 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.
- 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.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- 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.