11-letter words containing g, a, t, e, h
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- heat engine — a mechanical device designed to transform part of the heat entering it into work.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heath grass — a European grass, Sieglingia decumbens, growing in spongy, wet, cold soils.
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- heavyweight — heavy in weight.
- 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.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heterograft — xenograft.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- high-hatter — to snub or treat condescendingly.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
- higher rate — (in Britain) a rate of income tax that is higher than the basic rate and becomes payable on taxable income in excess of a specified limit
- highhearted — Alt form high-hearted.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- homogenated — Homogenized.
- homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- ingathering — a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
- interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- lethal gene — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.