11-letter words containing h, a, i, l, n, g
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hand signal — indication made by hand
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- highballing — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hightailing — Present participle of hightail.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hiring hall — an employment office operated by a union for placing members in jobs.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- manhandling — to handle roughly.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- mishandling — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- morgan hill — a town in W California.
- mothballing — Present participle of mothball.
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.