10-letter words containing n, e, i, g
- gunfighter — a person highly skilled in the use of a gun and a veteran of many gunfights, especially one living during the frontier days of the American West.
- gunslinger — Informal. gunfighter.
- gunter rig — a type of gaffing in which the gaff is hoisted parallel to the mast
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- hebetating — to make dull or blunt.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- hegemonies — Plural form of hegemony.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hegemonist — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heightened — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliskiing — skiing on remote mountains to which the participants are brought by helicopter.
- hemangioma — See under angioma.
- 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.
- henpecking — Present participle of henpeck.
- hentaigana — (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character.
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
- high-toned — having high principles; dignified.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- highminded — Alternative form of high-minded.
- highnesses — Plural form of highnesse.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homecoming — a return to one's home; arrival at home.