10-letter words containing h, i, g, d, a
- hand tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- head right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- head-right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headlights — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high-grade — of excellent or superior quality.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- mischarged — Simple past tense and past participle of mischarge.
- niggerhead — (nautical, dated, now offensive) A bollard made from an old cannon.
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- nightshade — any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
- nightstand — night table.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- pig-headed — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- quad right — (in computer typesetting) flush right.
- radiograph — Also called shadowgraph. a photographic image produced by the action of x-rays or nuclear radiation.
- rehandling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- right-hand — on the right.
- right-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a right-handed, or clockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to left-laid).
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- shanghaied — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.