10-letter words containing h, o, l, i, g
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemiglobin — methemoglobin.
- hemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- highschool — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- hillingdon — a borough of Greater London, England.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
- hobgoblins — Plural form of hobgoblin.
- hold tight — grasp firmly
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homologize — to make or show to be homologous.
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- inholdings — Plural form of inholding.
- kinglihood — the condition of being kingly
- light into — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- linlithgow — former name of West Lothian.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- logophilia — The love of words and word games.
- logophobia — an obsessive fear of words.
- logorrheic — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- long-chain — pertaining to molecules composed of long chains of atoms, or polymers composed of long chains of monomers.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- loopholing — Present participle of loophole.
- lygophilia — The love of darkness.