12-letter words containing t, h, o, u, g
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- 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).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- look through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- loop through — loop
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- 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.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- northborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- nothing much — not a lot
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out of sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- out-of-sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- 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.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.