12-letter words containing t, h, e, n, i, g
- 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
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemstitching — Present participle of hemstitch.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high density — floppy disk
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- 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.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the right — If someone has behaved in a way which is morally or legally right, you can say that they are in the right. You usually use this expression when the person is involved in an argument or dispute.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- light client — thin client