10-letter words containing g, a, t, h
- last thing — as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light meat — any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken (distinguished from red meat).
- light rail — of or relating to a local rail rapid-transit system using large, single passenger cars, railroad-type signals, and, usually, private rights-of-way.
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-fast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- light-rail — of or relating to a local rail rapid-transit system using large, single passenger cars, railroad-type signals, and, usually, private rights-of-way.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
- manhunting — Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
- margherita — a female given name, Italian form of Margaret.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- megadeaths — Plural form of megadeath.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megatheres — Plural form of megathere.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- methanogen — any of a diverse group of widely distributed archaebacteria that occur in anaerobic environments, as the intestinal tracts of animals, freshwater and marine sediments, and sewage, and are capable of producing methane from a limited number of substrates, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, acetate, and methylamines: an important source of natural gas.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- mouthguard — A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of teeth, which is usually made of plastic. They may be used to protect aginst injury during sport or fighting, or may serve a medical purpose.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- naughtiest — Superlative form of naughty; most naughty.
- near thing — an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightclass — an evening lesson
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.