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10-letter words containing g, h, y

  • hang heavy — to pass tediously; drag
  • hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
  • hatha yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
  • hatha-yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
  • haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
  • hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
  • hdr energy — hot dry rock energy; energy extracted from hot rocks below the earth's surface by pumping water around a circuit in the hot region and back to the surface
  • hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
  • hemizygote — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
  • hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
  • heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
  • hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
  • heterogamy — heterogamous state.
  • heterogeny — the condition or state of being heterogenous
  • heterogony — the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
  • heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
  • hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
  • hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
  • 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.
  • high flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
  • high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
  • high-flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
  • high-keyed — very nervous or excitable; high-strung.
  • high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
  • highflying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
  • highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
  • highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
  • hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
  • hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
  • hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
  • holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
  • holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
  • holy ghost — the third person of the Trinity.
  • holy grail — grail (def 1).
  • holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
  • homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
  • homozygote — an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
  • homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
  • honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
  • horny frog — horned frog.
  • horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
  • horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
  • hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
  • humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
  • humbuggery — pretense; sham.
  • hy antigen — an antigen encoded by a gene on the Y (male) chromosome, active in the development of male structures.
  • hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
  • hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
  • hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
  • hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
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