13-letter words containing t, h, i, n, g
- faith healing — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- fighting fish — any of several brightly colored labyrinth fishes of the genus Betta, found in Southeast Asia.
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- first-nighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fishing fleet — the boats used in the fishing industry
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- for one thing — the first reason is
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- ghettoization — The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- giant pigfish — a wrass, Achoerodus gouldii, that occurs around the Great Barrier Reef
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).