9-letter words containing a, m, g
- hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hamstrung — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- haymaking — The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- head game — effort to confuse or delude sb
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hemialgia — pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
- high mass — a Mass celebrated according to the complete rite, in which the liturgy is sung by the celebrant.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- holograms — Plural form of hologram.
- home game — a game played on a team's home ground
- home page — website's introductory page
- homogamic — (of a plant) in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite
- homograft — allograft.
- homograph — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- hygrogram — the record made by a hygrograph.
- hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- image map — (web) An image in an HTML document with "hot spots" which when clicked on in a suitable browser, act as anchors or links to other information. For example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. Clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information.
- imageable — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imagerial — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- imageries — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- imagineer — a person who practices or is skilled in imagineering.
- imagining — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- imaginist — an imaginative person
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- imitating — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- immigrant — a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- immigrate — to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
- immingham — a port in NE England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: docks opened in 1912, principally for the exporting of coal; now handles chiefly bulk materials, esp imported iron ore. Pop: 11 090 (2001)
- imp. gal. — imperial gallon
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impairing — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- imparting — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- implating — Present participle of implate.