11-letter words containing a, i, g, l
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- highballing — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- highly paid — that receives a large salary
- hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- hightailing — Present participle of hightail.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hiring hall — an employment office operated by a union for placing members in jobs.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homological — homologous.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- ibn gabirol — Arabic name of Avicebrón.
- ibn-gabirol — Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers
- idealogical — Ideologic.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- idioglossia — a private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins.
- ilang-ilang — an aromatic tree, Cananga odorata, of the annona family, native to the Philippines, Java, etc., having fragrant, drooping flowers that yield a volatile oil used in perfumery.
- illegalised — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- illegalized — Simple past tense and past participle of illegalize.
- illogically — In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.
- illtreating — Present participle of illtreat.
- imaginarily — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- immitigably — In an immitigable manner.
- impanelling — Present participle of impanel.
- implicating — Present participle of implicate.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.
- incongenial — Not congenial.
- inculcating — Present participle of inculcate.
- inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.
- indignantly — feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.