9-letter words containing h, g, e
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brightest — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- caragheen — Alternative form of carrageen.
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chiefling — a minor chief
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- ciphering — calculating
- clenching — Present participle of clench.
- cognitech — (company) A French software company specialising in artificial intelligence.
- cogwheels — Plural form of cogwheel.
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- daghestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- dehulling — to remove the hulls from (beans, seeds, etc.); hull.
- delighted — If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.
- delighter — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.