12-letter words containing t, a, u, g, h
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- 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.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).