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11-letter words containing h, l, a, g, e, n

  • green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
  • haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
  • halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
  • handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
  • hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
  • hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
  • hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
  • hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
  • heptangular — having seven angles.
  • hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
  • hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
  • homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
  • keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
  • keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
  • laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
  • length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
  • lethal gene — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • linguaphile — a language and word lover.
  • long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
  • longhandles — long underwear.
  • lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
  • lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
  • methylating — Present participle of methylate.
  • monongahela — a river flowing from N West Virginia through SW Pennsylvania into the Ohio River. 128 miles (205 km) long.
  • night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
  • nightingale — Florence ("the Lady with the Lamp") 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • onslaughter — An onslaught.
  • pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
  • phase angle — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
  • rechallenge — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
  • shelf angle — an angle iron attached to or suspended from a girder to carry masonry or the ends of a number of joists.
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