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11-letter words containing g, a, t, e, h

  • pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
  • petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
  • phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
  • phagocytose — phagocytize.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
  • range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
  • readthrough — reading (def 1).
  • rh negative — See under Rh factor.
  • rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • right brace — (character)   "}". ASCII character 125. Common names: close brace; right brace; right squiggly; right squiggly bracket/brace; right curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: closing brace. Rare: unbrace; uncurly; rytit ("" = leftit); right squirrelly; {INTERCAL: bracelet ("" = embrace).

    Paired with {left brace

  • right heart — the half of the heart, containing the right ventricle and right atrium, which supplies dark-red, oxygen-deficient venous blood to the lungs for oxygenation
  • right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
  • shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • starlighted — lit by the stars
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
  • stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
  • stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
  • straightest — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • take fright — be scared off
  • take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • tangle with — get involved with
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