10-letter words containing g, o, n, r, h
- greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
- greenhorns — Plural form of greenhorn.
- greenhouse — a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season.
- grey heron — a large European heron, Ardea cinerea, with grey wings and back and a long black drooping crest
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groundhogs — Plural form of groundhog.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- gynophores — Plural form of gynophore.
- habergeons — Plural form of habergeon.
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- hand organ — a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hatemonger — a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- heterogeny — the condition or state of being heterogenous
- heterogony — the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- home range — the area in which an animal normally lives.
- home-grown — grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- monography — A monograph.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morphogene — (genetics) Any gene that is involved in growth or in morphogenesis.
- morphogens — Plural form of morphogen.
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- negrophobe — a person who strongly fears or dislikes black people.