10-letter words containing h, i, g, o, p
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high hopes — great expectations
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- logophilia — The love of words and word games.
- logophobia — an obsessive fear of words.
- loopholing — Present participle of loophole.
- lygophilia — The love of darkness.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- monophagia — the eating of or craving for only one kind of food.
- mugho pine — a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nightspots — Plural form of nightspot.
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- orographic — Of or relating to mountains, especially with regard to their position and form.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- pemphigoid — any of several diseases, often fatal, characterized by blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.