9-letter words containing h, i, g, e
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homegoing — A voyage home.
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- hovelling — A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- hyphening — Present participle of hyphen.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- infighter — A person who indulges in infighting.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- inlighted — Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
- inlighten — Alternative spelling of enlighten.
- inmeshing — Present participle of inmesh.
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- inveighed — Simple past tense and past participle of inveigh.
- inveigher — One who inveighs.
- iphigenia — Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Orestes and Electra: when she was about to be sacrificed to ensure a wind to take the Greek ships to Troy, she was saved by Artemis, whose priestess she became.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- key light — (in photography or motion pictures) the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
- knee-high — as high as the knees.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- lengthier — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.