10-letter words containing h, g, e
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big-headed — If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- bogey hole — a natural pool used for swimming
- bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
- borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
- bow weight — the poundage required to draw a bow to the full length of the arrow
- bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- bring home — introduce to parents
- bug-hunter — a person who is interested in insects
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
- butt hinge — a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb so that they are in contact when the door is shut
- carragheen — Irish moss.
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- ch'eng tsu — Yung Lo.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
- challenges — Plural form of challenge.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- change key — a key opening only one lock.
- change off — to take turns
- changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- changeably — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changeless — unchanging; immutable
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life
- charge off — to treat or regard as a loss