10-letter words containing h, i, g, e, l
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neighborly — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- night life — entertainment at night
- oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phlogopite — a magnesium-rich mica mineral, usually yellowish-brown, but sometimes reddish-brown.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
- rehandling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- seethingly — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- shield bug — any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae
- shieldling — a person that is protected or guarded
- shillelagh — a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- side-light — an item of incidental information.
- singhalese — Sinhalese
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sleigh bed — a bed resembling a sleigh in shape, with curved boards at the head and foot
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- superlight — extremely light
- the living — those that are still alive
- theologian — a person versed in theology, especially Christian theology; divine.
- theologize — to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
- thimblerig — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- un-english — not English; not characteristic of the English.
- unblighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- unshingled — not shingled
- very light — highly illuminated
- weightless — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- weightloss — (uncountable) The loss of bodily weight.
- wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
- white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
- white gold — any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.
- white lung — asbestosis.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wight-isle — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.