11-letter words containing g, h, i, o, r
- roughing-in — the act or process of applying a base coat of plaster to a masonry surface.
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- short sight — myopia
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- sightworthy — worth seeing
- sit through — endure the whole of
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- to go right — If you say that things are going right, you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- trothplight — engagement to be married; betrothal.
- troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
- typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
- unrighteous — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- wagonwright — a person who makes wagons
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- weight room — weight-training gym
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- whole-grain — of or being natural or unprocessed grain containing the germ and bran.
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- win through — succeed despite obstacles
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worthington — a town in central Ohio.
- wrong thing — (jargon) A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
- xenographic — Of or pertaining to xenography.