11-letter words containing h, g, e
- hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
- 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.
- heightening — Present participle of heighten.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- 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.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hemorrhage.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- herb garden — where herbs are grown
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heterograft — xenograft.
- hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- 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.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high priest — a chief priest.
- high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high street — town's main street
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.