11-letter words containing h, o, g, s
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hemorrhages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hemorrhage.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- higgs boson — a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin.
- high school — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- highschools — Plural form of highschool.
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histologist — a specialist in histology.
- hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
- homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- homozygosis — the state of being a homozygote.
- homozygotes — Plural form of homozygote.
- hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.