10-letter words containing a, n, i, g, h
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hemangioma — See under angioma.
- hentaigana — (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character.
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- 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.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- hsi chiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.
- hsiangt'an — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- hsinhsiang — a city in N Henan province, in E China.
- humanising — Present participle of humanise.
- humanizing — Present participle of humanize.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- hy antigen — an antigen encoded by a gene on the Y (male) chromosome, active in the development of male structures.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- in the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- inchanting — Present participle of inchant.
- ingushetia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Magas.
- inhabiting — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhearsing — Present participle of inhearse.
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- last thing — as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.