10-letter words containing g, h, i, o, r
- fortnights — Plural form of fortnight.
- frightsome — Frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- frogfishes — Plural form of frogfish.
- gargoylish — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a gargoyle.
- gastrolith — a calculous concretion in the stomach.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- geothermic — of or relating to the internal heat of the earth.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- give forth — to send forth; emit; issue
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grow light — a fluorescent light bulb designed to emit light of a wavelength conducive to plant growth.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high court — Supreme Court.
- high horse — a haughty attitude or temper; a contemptuous manner.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- highermost — highest
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.