11-letter words containing h, g
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- delightedly — highly pleased.
- delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
- delightless — not offering delight
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- deminishing — Present participle of deminish.
- demographer — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- 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
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- 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.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dim-sighted — with weak or indistinct vision
- diminishing — Make or become less.
- dining hall — a large room in which meals are served to members of a special group and their guests, as to the students and faculty of a college.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diphthongia — diplophonia.
- diphthongic — of, like, or relating to a diphthong
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
- disheveling — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dishonoring — Present participle of dishonor.
- dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
- diskography — discography.
- dispatching — Send off to a destination or for a purpose.
- distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- ditchdigger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
- 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-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- 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.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- dogfighting — a violent fight between dogs.
- doggishness — The quality of being doggish.
- dongting hu — lake in Hunan province, SE China: c. 1,450 sq mi (3,755 sq km); during floods, over 4,000 sq mi (10,360 sq km)
- door charge — an entrance fee.
- dot etching — a method of making corrections in halftone positives or negatives by using chemicals to reduce the size of halftone dots.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- doughtiness — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.