11-letter words containing g, u, r, a, h
- 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.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- 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
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- jugged hare — a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overdraught — (chiefly, British) An overdraft.
- overfraught — too fraught
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- readthrough — reading (def 1).