11-letter words containing g, h, a, u
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- earth auger — a drill for boring holes in the ground, as to tap springs.
- eave trough — gutter (def 3).
- eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- enough said — understood
- epignathous — having a protruding upper jaw
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- euthanizing — Present participle of euthanize.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fear-naught — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- get a laugh — If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh.
- glasshouses — Plural form of glasshouse.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- goddaughter — a female godchild.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
- guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- guru granth — the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, believed by them to be the embodiment of the gurus
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.