10-letter words containing h, a, i, g
- gomphiasis — looseness of the teeth.
- good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- goodlihead — goodness; good appearance
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphicacy — the ability to understand and use maps, plans, symbols, etc
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gray birch — a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.
- guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
- guildhalls — Plural form of guildhall.
- guinea hen — the female of the guinea fowl.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynophobia — Extreme or irrational fear of women or of the female.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hagiologic — Synonym of hagiological.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair grass — any of various grasses having slender stems and leaves, especially one of the genus Deschampsia, as D. flexuosa or D. caespitosa.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- half tiger — a five-rand coin
- half-light — light that is about half its customary brightness, or that is partially dimmed or obscured: the half-light of early dawn; a room in half-light.
- half-right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- haligonian — of or relating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or to Halifax, England.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- hand tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- 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.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)