9-letter words containing n, e, i, g
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
- hen night — A hen night is a party for a woman who is getting married very soon, to which only women are invited.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herringer — a person that catches herring
- high wine — Often, high wines. Distilling. a distillate containing a high percentage of alcohol.
- high-tone — having high principles; dignified.
- highnesse — Archaic spelling of highness.
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- home sign — any idiosyncratic system of gestural communication used by a deaf person.
- homegoing — A voyage home.
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- hovelling — A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hyphening — Present participle of hyphen.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- ice tongs — a small pair of tongs for serving ice cubes.
- ignescent — emitting sparks of fire, as certain stones when struck with steel.
- ignitable — to set on fire; kindle.
- ignitible — Capable of being ignited.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ill-being — state or condition of lacking health, solvency, etc.
- imagineer — a person who practices or is skilled in imagineering.
- imbedding — embedding.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- immerging — Present participle of immerge.
- immersing — to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- immingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immingle.
- immunogen — any substance or cell introduced into the body in order to generate an immune response.
- impelling — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
- impingent — to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
- imre nagy — Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- in effigy — a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.