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12-letter words containing t, h, e, n, r, g

  • 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 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.
  • lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
  • macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • 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.
  • mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
  • new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
  • newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
  • night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
  • night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
  • night letter — former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL.
  • night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
  • night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
  • night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
  • nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
  • ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
  • nonbreathing — not breathing
  • north bergen — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
  • orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
  • orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
  • overlengthen — to extend excessively
  • overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
  • patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • restrengthen — to strengthen again or return to strength
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
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