11-letter words containing c, h, a, n, g
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- in exchange — in return
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- kwangchowan — Older Spelling. Guangzhouwan.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- machinating — Present participle of machinate.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- make change — If you make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
- matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- michigander — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- michiganian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Michigan or its inhabitants.
- michiganite — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- mismatching — Present participle of mismatch.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- night coach — the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nonchanging — Unchanging.
- nonmatching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- onychophagy — the habit of biting one's fingernails
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.