12-letter words containing n, a, c, h, o, g
- for a change — contrary to the norm
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted