11-letter words containing h, e, l, g
- high-heeled — High-heeled shoes are women's shoes that have high heels.
- high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- highlighted — to emphasize or make prominent.
- highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- 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.
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- home-loving — fond of one's home
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homologized — Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
- humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- inner light — the presence and inner working of God in the soul acting as a guiding spirit that is superior even to Scripture and unites man to Christ
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- john glover — John, 1732–97, American general.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.