8-letter words containing g, h, y
- high-key — (of a photograph) having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key).
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hinnying — Present participle of hinny.
- hodology — The study of pathways.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hogmolly — hog sucker.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- homogony — state of being homogonous.
- homology — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- horology — the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- jagghery — Alternative spelling of jaggery.
- keighley — a town in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire, on the River Aire: textile industry. Pop: 49 453 (2001)
- knightly — characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous: knightly deeds.
- lengthly — Misspelled form of lengthy.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- lynching — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mightily — in a mighty manner; powerfully or vigorously.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- psyching — psych1 .