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10-letter words containing a, h, i, g

  • big-headed — If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
  • bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
  • binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
  • bingo hall — a building owned by a commercial company in which bingo is played by large numbers of people
  • biographee — a person whose biography has been written
  • biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
  • biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
  • bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
  • brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
  • buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
  • caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
  • calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
  • caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
  • cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
  • carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
  • cartwright — a person who makes carts
  • cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
  • casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
  • catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
  • cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
  • ch'ing hai — a lake in W central China, in NE Qinghai province. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km).
  • ch'ing-hai — Qing Hai.
  • chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
  • chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
  • chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
  • chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  • chain gang — In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.
  • chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
  • chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
  • chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
  • champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
  • champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
  • chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
  • channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life
  • charmingly — In a charming manner.
  • chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • chastening — A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
  • chastising — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • chattering — rapid and continuous talk
  • chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
  • cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
  • cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
  • chenchiang — Zhenjiang
  • chiang mai — city in NW Thailand, on a headstream of the Chao Phraya: pop. 162,000
  • chiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
  • chillaxing — Present participle of chillax.
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