13-letter words containing t, h, o, n, g, e
- 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.
- 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.
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- 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.
- 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.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- haematogenous — producing blood
- hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- haute-garonne — a department in S France. 2458 sq. mi. (6365 sq. km). Capital: Toulouse.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heterogeneity — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- honest to god — real or genuine.
- honest-to-god — real or genuine.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- inhomogeneity — lack of homogeneity.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar