7-letter words containing g, i, n, h
- gherkin — the small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling.
- ghrelin — An enzyme produced by stomach lining cells that stimulates appetite.
- gingham — yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
- ginshop — a tavern where gin is mainly sold
- gnathic — of or relating to the jaw.
- gnocchi — a dish of little dumplings made from potatoes, semolina, flour, or a combination of these ingredients.
- gnomish — (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- granthi — the caretaker of a gurdwara and the reader of the Guru Granth, who officiates at Sikh ceremonies
- gronchi — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.
- gunship — a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.
- gushing — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- h-hinge — a strap hinge having the form of an H with the joint in the crossbar.
- hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
- hailing — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- halling — a vigorous, athletic, Norwegian folk dance.
- haloing — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
- halving — Present participle of halve.
- hamming — an actor or performer who overacts.
- handing — Present participle of hand.
- hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.
- hanking — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- happing — a comforter or quilt.
- harding — Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- harking — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harling — Present participle of harl.
- harming — Present participle of harm.
- harping — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- hashing — hash coding
- hasping — Present participle of hasp.
- hasting — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatting — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- hauling — Present participle of haul.
- haveing — (archaic) present participle of have.
- hawking — to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.
- heading — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- heaping — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heaving — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- hedging — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- heeding — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- heeling — a heeling movement; a cant.
- hefting — weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
- heiling — Present participle of heil.
- heiring — a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hejiang — a former province in Manchuria, in NE China.
- helming — Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.