11-letter words containing a, n, i, g, h
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- ch'iungshan — Qiongshan.
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- chang jiang — a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. About 3200 miles (5150 km) long.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- craniograph — an instrument that outlines the skull.
- deganawidah — ("The Peacemaker") flourished 1550–1600, Huron prophet, cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- dining hall — a large room in which meals are served to members of a special group and their guests, as to the students and faculty of a college.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diphthongia — diplophonia.
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
- dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
- dispatching — Send off to a destination or for a purpose.
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
- empathising — Present participle of empathise.
- empathizing — Present participle of empathize.