9-letter words containing h, i, g
- delighter — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- diaghilev — Sergei (Pavlovich) (sɪrˈɡjej ˈpavləvitʃ). 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario. He founded (1909) and directed (1909–29) the Ballets Russes in Paris, introducing Russian ballet to the West
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diaphragm — Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach. It is used when you breathe.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- diphthong — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dithering — a trembling; vibration.
- dog shift — graveyard shift.
- dogfights — Plural form of dogfight.
- dogfishes — Plural form of dogfish.
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- doughlike — Resembling dough.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- dunghills — Plural form of dunghill.
- dysphagia — difficulty in swallowing.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.
- earthling — an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
- eastleigh — a borough in Hampshire, S England.
- echogenic — capable of generating or reflecting sound waves.
- echoingly — In an echoing way.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- effingham — a town in central Illinois.
- egg whisk — An egg whisk is a piece of kitchen equipment used for mixing the different parts of an egg together.
- egg white — the white of an egg, especially a hen's egg, used in cooking; albumen.
- egotheism — The deification of one's own self.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- eightball — (in pool) the black ball, marked with the number eight
- eighteens — Plural form of eighteen.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- eightieth — The ordinal form of the number eighty.
- eightsman — a member of an eight-man rowing team
- eightsome — A group of eight persons or things, one more than a sevensome and one less than a ninesome.
- encashing — Present participle of encash.
- enchasing — Present participle of enchase.
- englishry — people of English descent, esp in Ireland
- enhancing — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- enlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of enlight.
- enlighten — Give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation.