12-letter words containing n, a, g, h
- backlighting — Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.
- backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
- ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
- bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cachinnating — Present participle of cachinnate.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- ch'ang ch'un — (Ch'ang Ch'un) 1148–1227, Chinese Taoist philosopher and author.
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- chandannagar — port in NE India, near Kolkata: formerly a French dependency, it became part of the republic of India in 1950: pop. 120,000
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change color — to become pale
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- change hands — to pass from one owner to another
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- changelessly — In a changeless manner.