10-letter words containing a, n, i, g, h
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- gala night — a variety of performances, songs, etc, shown over one evening
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- gandhi cap — a white cap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn by men in India.
- garishness — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garnisheed — Simple past tense and past participle of garnishee.
- garnishees — Plural form of garnishee.
- garnishing — to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
- gashliness — the quality of being gashly; ghastliness
- gatherings — Plural form of gathering.
- genethliac — of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- genophobia — The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geocaching — the outdoor sport or game of searching for hidden objects by using Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates posted on the Internet.
- gillingham — a town in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the Medway estuary: former dockyards. Pop: 98 403 (2001)
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- guinea hen — the female of the guinea fowl.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynophobia — Extreme or irrational fear of women or of the female.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- haligonian — of or relating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or to Halifax, England.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- hand tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- 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.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- hebetating — to make dull or blunt.