9-letter words containing h, i, g, s, o
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- mishegoss — (slang) Madness; silliness.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mouthings — Plural form of mouthing.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- northings — Plural form of northing.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- o'higgins — Ambrosio [ahm-braw-syaw] /ɑmˈbrɔ syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Marqués de Osorno) 1720?–1801, Irish soldier and administrator in South America.
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- onrushing — Rushing or flowing forward.
- onshoring — the practice of employing white-collar workers from abroad
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outrights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outright.
- outweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outweigh.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- qiongshan — a port on N Hainan island, in S China: chief city of the island.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- show girl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- siphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- slingshot — a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.