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

  • 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 charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
  • length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
  • lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
  • lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
  • light bread — white bread.
  • light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
  • light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
  • megatheriid — (zoology) Any member of the Megatheriidae.
  • megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
  • merchanting — the act of selling commodities
  • nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
  • nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • ninth grade — the ninth year of school, usually the first year of high school
  • onslaughter — An onslaught.
  • osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
  • ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
  • overdraught — (chiefly, British) An overdraft.
  • overfraught — too fraught
  • overheating — heating (something) excessively
  • paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
  • 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.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • 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.
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