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.