11-letter words containing i, g, l
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- 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.
- 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.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- 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 fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- high living — a luxurious lifestyle involving lots of fine eating, drinking, parties, etc
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
- 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.
- high-flying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- high-heeled — High-heeled shoes are women's shoes that have high heels.
- high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- highballing — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- highlighted — to emphasize or make prominent.
- highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
- highly paid — that receives a large salary
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- highschools — Plural form of highschool.
- hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- hightailing — Present participle of hightail.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- hiring hall — an employment office operated by a union for placing members in jobs.
- histologist — a specialist in histology.
- hittitology — the study of Hittite language and culture.
- 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.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home-loving — fond of one's home
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homological — homologous.