11-letter words containing h, o, l, i, g
- floodlights — Plural form of floodlight.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- fortnightly — occurring or appearing once a fortnight.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- galeophobia — The fear of sharks.
- gastroliths — Plural form of gastrolith.
- gazillionth — (informal) The ordinal form of the number 'gazillion'.
- gentilhomme — a gentleman
- geochemical — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- go ill with — to be unfortunate for or unfavorable to
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- 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)
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- high colour — (hardware) A colour depth of 16 (or 15) bits per pixel. Compare true colour.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- high school — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- high yellow — a term used to refer to a light-skinned black person.