9-letter words containing h, y, g, i
- histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hoggishly — In a hoggish manner.
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- howlingly — producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hygiology — The science of the preservation of health.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hyphening — Present participle of hyphen.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- key light — (in photography or motion pictures) the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lithology — Geology. (loosely) petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- night key — a key for a night latch.
- nightmary — (of a person) prone to having nightmares
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- ophiology — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- philology — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shiningly — in a shining or bright manner
- shinnying — a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
- sighingly — accompanied by sighing
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- sprightly — animated or vivacious; lively.
- syphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- thingummy — You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
- tigrishly — in a tigrish manner
- type-high — of a height equal to the distance from the foot to the face of a type: 0.918 inches (23.3 mm).
- unrhyming — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- unsightly — distasteful or unpleasant to look at: an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder.
- uprightly — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- voguishly — in a voguish manner
- waggishly — In a waggish manner.