11-letter words containing c, h, i, g, n
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- 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.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- high-necked — (of a garment) high at the neck.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hitchhiking — Present participle of hitchhike.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- 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.
- k'ung ch'iu — (K'ung Ch'iu) 551? b.c.–478? b.c, Chinese philosopher and teacher.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- 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.
- 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.