11-letter words containing g, o, d, h
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
- hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
- hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- homogenated — Homogenized.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homologized — Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- hoodwinking — Present participle of hoodwink.
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horned frog — any of various frogs having a marked protuberance on the head, cheek, or upper eyelid.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-dogging — to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- idiot light — a light on an instrument panel or dashboard that reminds or warns the operator or driver of something
- jehovah god — (among the Jehovah's Witnesses) God.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.