11-letter words containing g, i, r, s, h
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- millwrights — Plural form of millwright.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- netherlings — underwear
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- nightshirts — Plural form of nightshirt.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- pasigraphic — of or related to pasigraphy