11-letter words containing h, i, g, o, c
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- physiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizogonic — relating to schizogony
- schoolgoing — the act of going to school
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- theogonical — of or relating to theogony
- theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tough pitch — the state of refined copper when it is soft, malleable, and flexible: tough pitch copper.
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- unalachtigo — a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- xenographic — Of or pertaining to xenography.
- xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
- zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.