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11-letter words containing n, e, i, g, h

  • niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
  • night heron — any of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron) of America.
  • night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
  • night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
  • night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
  • night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
  • nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
  • nightingaleFlorence ("the Lady with the Lamp") 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
  • nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
  • nightshades — Plural form of nightshade.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • ninth grade — the ninth year of school, usually the first year of high school
  • nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
  • northbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • nothingness — the state of being nothing.
  • nyiregyhaza — a city in NE Hungary.
  • old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
  • on the wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • one-nighter — one-night stand.
  • openinsight — (programming, database)   The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
  • orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
  • outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
  • outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
  • overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
  • overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
  • overhanging — extending or dangling
  • overheating — heating (something) excessively
  • overhunting — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
  • overnighted — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
  • overnighter — an overnight stay or trip.
  • overtighten — to tighten too much
  • peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
  • pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.
  • pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
  • phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pigeon-hole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
  • pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
  • pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
  • plenishings — furnishings or equipment
  • pre-hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • prophesying — to foretell or predict.
  • psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
  • range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
  • re-shipping — to ship again.
  • red herring — a smoked herring.
  • redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
  • reichenberg — German name of Liberec.
  • rel english — Rapidly Extensible Language, English
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