10-letter words containing h, i, r, n, g
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- gunfighter — a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- 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.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- humgruffin — a terrible or repulsive person
- hungriness — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- infighters — Plural form of infighter.
- inhearsing — Present participle of inhearse.
- inheriting — to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
- inshrining — Present participle of inshrine.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- longhaired — Having long hair.