11-letter words containing g, o, r, i
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonizing — Present participle of harmonize.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- 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.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- high colour — (hardware) A colour depth of 16 (or 15) bits per pixel. Compare true colour.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- highwrought — extremely worked-up or excited
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- 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
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.