10-letter words containing a, r, g, i
- hair grass — any of various grasses having slender stems and leaves, especially one of the genus Deschampsia, as D. flexuosa or D. caespitosa.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- half tiger — a five-rand coin
- half-right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- 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.
- 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.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- 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)
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- head right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- head-right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- 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.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- 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.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high altar — the principal altar of a church
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high brass — brass containing 65 per cent copper and 35 per cent zinc, used for most applications
- high chair — child's tall chair
- high water — water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
- high-grade — of excellent or superior quality.
- highchairs — Plural form of highchair.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.