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11-letter words containing h, a, l, g

  • haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
  • hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
  • 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-gallon — a half of a gallon, equal to 2 quarts (1.9 liters).
  • 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.
  • half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
  • hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
  • halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
  • halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
  • 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 a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • 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.
  • haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
  • haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
  • haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
  • harassingly — in a harassing manner
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
  • harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
  • hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
  • hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
  • hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
  • health goth — a fitness enthusiast who is part of the goth subculture.
  • 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
  • hedge apple — osage orange.
  • hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
  • 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.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
  • hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
  • heptangular — having seven angles.
  • hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
  • 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.
  • hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
  • high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
  • high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
  • 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.
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