11-letter words containing h, i, g, e, s
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- hear things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high priest — a chief priest.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high street — town's main street
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
- high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
- highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- hsing sheng — the process by which many Chinese characters were formed through the combination of two symbols, one phonographic and one logographic, into a single character.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.