11-letter words containing g, o, n, r, h
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
- encroaching — That encroaches.
- enshrouding — Present participle of enshroud.
- estranghelo — an archaic, cursive form of the Syriac alphabet
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- for nothing — freely, free
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- forthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fortnightly — occurring or appearing once a fortnight.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- garden hose — tube for spraying plants with water
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- get nowhere — make no progress
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
- gjallarhorn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- golden horn — an inlet of the Bosporus, in European Turkey: forms the inner part of Istanbul.
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- gonochorism — (biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
- gonorrhoeal — Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- green heron — green-backed heron.
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.