11-letter words containing h, g
- anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- anguishment — Anguish.
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthologize — to compile or put into an anthology
- antihunting — opposed to hunters or hunting practices
- antiwhaling — opposed to whale fishing
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- approaching — coming closer in time
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archeologic — (American spelling) alternative spelling of archaeologic.
- archipelago — An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands.
- areographic — relating to areography
- argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
- arkhangelsk — seaport in NW Russia, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River: pop. 407,000
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- arthralgias — Plural form of arthralgia.
- arthrograms — Plural form of arthrogram.
- as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.