10-letter words containing h, i, g, e, s
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- heliskiing — skiing on remote mountains to which the participants are brought by helicopter.
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- high beams — vehicle's strongest headlights
- high heels — shoes with raised heels
- high hopes — great expectations
- high horse — a haughty attitude or temper; a contemptuous manner.
- high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
- high-riser — a couch or single bed with a mattress and frame concealed beneath, which, when pulled all the way out, lift up to the level of the upper cushion or mattress and lock into place to form a double bed.
- high-speed — designed to operate or operating at a high speed: a high-speed drill.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- highermost — highest
- highnesses — Plural form of highnesse.
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostessing — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- hungriness — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hygienists — Plural form of hygienist.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- infighters — Plural form of infighter.
- ingenhousz — Jan (jɑn). 1730–99, Dutch plant physiologist and physician, who discovered photosynthesis
- ingushetia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Magas.
- inhearsing — Present participle of inhearse.
- judgeships — Plural form of judgeship.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- kingfishes — Plural form of kingfish.
- knightless — not suitable or seemly for a knight
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- leaf sight — a folding rear sight on certain rifles
- leg shield — a part on a motorcycle, scooter, etc, that protects the legs of the rider or of a passenger
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.