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11-letter words containing e, d, g

  • 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.
  • head-banger — metalhead.
  • headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
  • headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • 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.
  • hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
  • hedge apple — osage orange.
  • hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
  • hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
  • hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
  • herb garden — where herbs are grown
  • 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.
  • hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
  • holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
  • homogenated — Homogenized.
  • homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
  • homogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
  • homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
  • homologized — Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
  • honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
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