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11-letter words containing e, d, g, h, i

  • flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
  • foresighted — Having or using foresight.
  • freeholding — Property held in freehold.
  • get hitched — get married
  • give a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
  • godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
  • goddessship — a female god or deity.
  • goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
  • graphitized — (chemistry, of carbon) Converted to graphite.
  • grey-haired — having grey hair
  • grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • guide right — a command to a marching formation to align itself with a guide marching at the right side of the formation.
  • hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
  • handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
  • handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
  • handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
  • hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
  • hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
  • hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
  • head height — head level
  • head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
  • headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
  • headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
  • headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
  • heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
  • headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
  • hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one's hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear.
  • hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
  • heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
  • herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
  • hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
  • high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
  • high-handed — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
  • high-heeled — High-heeled shoes are women's shoes that have high heels.
  • high-minded — having or showing high, exalted principles or feelings.
  • high-necked — (of a garment) high at the neck.
  • high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
  • highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
  • highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
  • highhearted — Alt form high-hearted.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • highlighted — to emphasize or make prominent.
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
  • holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
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