13-letter words containing y, o, g, h
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypermegasoma — gigantism.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- hypoglycaemia — (medical) alternative spelling of hypoglycemia.
- hypoglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hypoglycemic.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- ichthyologist — the branch of zoology dealing with fishes.
- inhomogeneity — lack of homogeneity.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lithoglyptics — The art of cutting and engraving gems.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- microhomology — (genetics) The presence of the same short sequence of bases in different genes.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
- mythologizing — Present participle of mythologize.
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
- night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- ophthalmology — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
- orthohydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in the same direction.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.