10-letter words containing h, i, g, e, l
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hummelling — the process of removing the awns or beards form barley
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- knightless — not suitable or seemly for a knight
- knightlike — Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- leg shield — a part on a motorcycle, scooter, etc, that protects the legs of the rider or of a passenger
- legal high — A legal high is a drug that is taken because of its pleasant effects, but which is not illegal.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lethargize — to make lethargic; stupefy.
- lethbridge — a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- light beer — beer with a lower alcohol content than average
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- light line — the line or level to which a ship or boat sinks when fully supplied with fuel and ballast but without cargo.
- light meat — any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken (distinguished from red meat).
- light pipe — optical fibre
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lighten up — be less serious
- lightening — the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
- lighterage — the use of lighters in loading and unloading ships and in transporting goods for short distances.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- limelights — Plural form of limelight.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- logorrheic — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- longhaired — Having long hair.