10-letter words containing a, g, o
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard goods — durable goods
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hatemonger — a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- hatha yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- hatha-yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemangioma — See under angioma.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemorrhage — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hog badger — a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
- hog heaven — heaven (def 6).
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- holographs — Plural form of holograph.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- home range — the area in which an animal normally lives.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homogenate — a mixture that has been homogenized.
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.