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13-letter words containing g, r, i

  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
  • hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
  • head register — the high register of the human voice.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
  • heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heating power — power that can be used to heat something
  • hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
  • hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
  • heortological — of or relating to heortology
  • heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
  • heresiologist — a person who studies or writes about heresies.
  • heritage site — a historical site, a building, or an area of the unspoilt natural environment, considered to be important to a country or area's heritage
  • herod agrippa — (Julius Agrippa) c10 b.c.–a.d. 44, king of Judea 41–44 (grandson of Herod the Great).
  • herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
  • heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
  • heterogeneity — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
  • heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
  • heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
  • heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
  • heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
  • heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
  • heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
  • heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
  • hierogrammate — a writer of hierograms
  • high pressure — intense or stressful situation
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • high-interest — (of a loan, mortgage, etc) to be repaid at a high rate of interest
  • high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
  • high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
  • high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
  • higher degree — a degree taken after your first undergraduate degree
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • hinged girder — a type of girder with a hinge, used in bridge building
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
  • historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
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