11-letter words containing h, e, l, g
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- chronologer — A chronologist.
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- death angel — Azrael.
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- delightedly — highly pleased.
- delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
- delightless — not offering delight
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- disheveling — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- english elm — a species, U. procera of the genus Ulmus.
- english ivy — ivy (sense 1)
- english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
- enlightened — Having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook.
- enlightener — One who, or that which, enlightens.
- enthralling — Capturing and holding one's attention; fascinating.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- estranghelo — an archaic, cursive form of the Syriac alphabet
- ethnologist — One who practices ethnology.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
- euchologion — a collection of prayers
- exchangable — Alternative spelling of exchangeable.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.