12-letter words containing t, a, g, h, i
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- 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.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- 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.
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- high-hatting — to snub or treat condescendingly.
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- high-tail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- 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.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- 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.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.