12-letter words containing t, i, g, h
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highlighting — to emphasize or make prominent.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- 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.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- 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.
- hug-me-tight — a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- 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.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- 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