9-letter words containing h, i, g, p
- high-step — to walk or run by raising the legs higher than normal.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- highspeed — Alternative form of high-speed.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hippology — the study of horses.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hyphening — Present participle of hyphen.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- 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.
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- kingships — Plural form of kingship.
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- 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.
- 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.
- lightship — a ship anchored in a specific location and displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships, as in avoiding dangerous areas. Abbreviation: LS.
- logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
- logophile — a lover of words.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- omophagia — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- ophiology — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
- pemphigus — any of several diseases, often fatal, characterized by blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- philology — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- phreaking — phone phreak.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- ping hsin — (Hsieh Wan-ying) Bing Xin.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- plightful — filled with distress
- ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- pothering — commotion; uproar.